. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . ress Elizabeth was taken to the tomb in thischurch with a different utterance. The service for the dead being concluded,the Emperor, with trembling hand knocked at the iron gate of the mausoleum,and the priest within asked: Who is there, and why do you come? And theanswer given was this: I, Francis Josef, Emperor of Austria, come withElizabeth, Empress of Austria, asking that her soul be conducted to the realmof the blessed, and that her body be put in sepulchre! Then she who hadbeen the most beautiful woman in Europe and who had
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . ress Elizabeth was taken to the tomb in thischurch with a different utterance. The service for the dead being concluded,the Emperor, with trembling hand knocked at the iron gate of the mausoleum,and the priest within asked: Who is there, and why do you come? And theanswer given was this: I, Francis Josef, Emperor of Austria, come withElizabeth, Empress of Austria, asking that her soul be conducted to the realmof the blessed, and that her body be put in sepulchre! Then she who hadbeen the most beautiful woman in Europe and who had ridden with the LATER SOJOURNS IN EUROPE 3ii Emperor into battle with the hosts of Austria and who had been the dashingequestrienne on as spirited a horse as was ever bitted or saddled, easily control-ing the whirlwind with iier riding- whip, now lies down haggard and broken-hearted. A SECOND VISIT TO RUSSIA During this summer of 1900, Dr. Talmage paid his second visit to eight years had passed since he last visited St. Petersburg—being then. THE CZAR OF RUSSIA AND HIS FAMILY on his mission of bread —he was remembered and accorded a generouswelcome by the leading officials of the capital and by the members of the nobil-ity. He was also invited to visit at the imperial palace. But we will let himtell of this in his own language, taken from a letter written at the time: T was told that the Russian Emperor wished to see me again, but I did notknow until a few hours before presentation that my wife and daughters would 3i2 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK
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