The Soldier and The Czar

1900

When a Russian soldier, heavily in debt, wrote out a list of his many obligations and exhibited it in a public place, adding in large letters the question: "Who will pay these debts?" the Czar happened to see the whimsical notice, and quietly wrote his name after the question: "Nicholas."

The soldier knew that he was free from his creditors. As simple as this, absolutely as simple, is the soul's way to get rid of its sins.

—The Ram's Horn, March 17, 1900, p. 14.