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When a strong, wise, correct and all-directing power is awake and active, encouraging some and righteously punishing others in their deeds, then everything in society goes on as usual. Spiritual and material life, educational, political, economic, social, military - everything carries out its usual course and development, bringing every benefit to the entire state. And when, as a result of general disobedience to the authorities and the inaction of the subordinate members of society, as well as the inaction of the authorities, activity ceases, as blood circulation in an organic body stops, then everything in society freezes, falls, collapses, and public security disappears, and members of society go one against the other, theft, embezzlement, enmity and murder are given full rein. This is what happened in Russia, when everything stopped working everywhere: educational institutions, workshops with workers, railways, printing houses, post offices and telegraphs. Russia has truly fallen into a state of chaos. This is the destruction of anarchy (3). If a king or any spiritual or secular authority in general makes mistakes in many ways and acts illegally, due to a weak conscience or lack of character, with visible omissions, do not despise, do not scold, do not humiliate them in words, but pray to the Lord for them, so that the weak will be healed and what is missing will be filled, for without God we cannot do anything truly good and useful (4). You might be interested in: