370. Речь Благоверному Государю, Наследнику Всероссийского Престола, Цесаревичу и Великому Князю Николаю Александровичу, пред вступлением Его Императорского Высочества в Большой Успенский Собор

(Said on August 26th; published in TV. St. Ot., in the Moscow Gazette and in the collection of 1861) With joy we accept You as a longed-for participant in the royal holiday, not forgetting at the same time that we meet You as a traveler. You surveyed part of Russia: the eyes and hopes of Russia followed You. We understand that the subject of your journey is not pleasure, but labor, not satisfying curiosity with various types of places and people, but studying the Fatherland. Truly, one must know the country and the people well enough to govern them satisfactorily. According to this truth, You early collect the seeds of knowledge and experience for Yourself, so that they will later bear fruit for Russia. May the Lord, through His good destinies, lead to the faithful fulfillment of Your good desires and good hopes of the Fatherland for You. Now come with us into the joy of Your Divinely Crowned Parents and into the communion of the All-Russian Prayer, so that the blessing from above may continue over the Tsar and the Kingdom. You might be interested in: