Uneasy Lies the Head

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 12, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 49.

Uneasy Lies the Head

Who longs to be the czar of all the Russias? His is a veritable demonstration of the truth of the saying, "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." The enemies of the Russian autocracy, or oligarchy, have disguised bombs as apples among the fruits on his table; they have placed dynamite under his dining-room to explode as he ate; a gardener was shot by hidden, secret police as he was handing the czar a poisoned flower; his niece was killed by eating a poisoned pie intended for him; poison has been placed in his food between the kitchen and the table where he ate; a bomb exploded on his yacht at sea; germs of typhus fever were placed in the wells of the Livadia palace; and the last attempt made public is the letting loose of rats infected with bubonic plague in the imperial palace. Thus desperate are the "terrorists." Better a thousand times the peasant at peace with mankind, and having food and raiment. Infinitely better is the humblest soul with steadfast hope in Christ.