THE TSARINA'S DREAM.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12698, 29 October 1904, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE TSARINA'S DREAM.

From St. Petersburg "comes a remarkable | story which has reference to. ike birth of an ' ' heir to the Russian, throne. The Empress, it is stated, had; a dream; about two rears ago, in. which she saw one of the eabi-c " . of the Russian Church. The saint, syrapi- - thising with her desire for on' heir, told I - '' that if she opened bis tomb and lemoiuif . '■ ; the relics from it her vris'u would* be gratf- ■ ' '' : fied. ' || The Empress related her dream to ii:e i Tsar, hut was unable to tell him the name of the saint. Tie Tsar, much impress*;!, ; ,bad pictures of dl the Bu«daa aunts col- ' lected, among whom the Empress -identified St. Serafln of Saroflt as the one who had ap- , • peared' in ; her dream. The Emperor and Empress then i.aid a , personal urisit to St. Sera-fin': shrine :ir. !••.• ' forest at Volga, and had the tomb o]kijs<L '', $ The body was in a state of perfect preserva- f tion, and the relics, which were found as. . 'J described in; th« dream, were given to tits Tsarina. ' a , . ' ■:■■■'■ , ■ The tcto of their Majesties' mission fcirf "'X' came known, and the thrice of St. Serafar' •■:■ ■] 33 likely to become a Russian- Low ties > ; Mecca. - - The World bar- the following : isiv'.i- '.. ' wise, , inspired by • the birth of an ileir to..'-..-! the Russian, throne,:— "; '■. ." Child cradled 'mid a nation's moan,, Doomed to the burden of a throw ,' Where thou moat sit aloof—alone ; ■ Heaven in pity grant to thee Homage of heart, and not of knee, > won from a grateful folk ami frea - ~