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Show MERCIER NEVER LOST FAITH Persecuted Belgian Cardinal Always Confident That God Would 8avo ; the .Unhappy Country. 1 Cardinal 'Mcrcler, nrcliblshop of Mri- lines, llclglum, was not actually In i prisoned by tho Germans, but his free dom was restrained. Ill h offense 'wns the Issuing of n pastoral letter ta his people In January, 1015, In which ho milil: "I have goij through nfost of tlie places In my diocese which hnvo 'been wanted. . . What I hnvo Kern of tliu ruins nnd tho ashes pns'S anything that, In spite of my most ! acute fears, I could over Imvu Imiig' I nod. . , . Churches, schools, c-lmr-Ituhle Institutions, hospitals, convontH, to ii considerable number, uru .unfit for use or arc In ruins. Wliolo vllliipcf hnvo almost disappeared. . . . God will snvo Delirium, my brothers, vu cannot loubt It. Let us suy, rather. Ho In saving her. Is thero n single patriot who does not feel that glory has come to .Belgium? Which of us would hitvo thocourngb to tear out the laHt pngo of our history? Which of us enn look without pride on tho I splendor of tho sl6ry that pur mur-i dered country has won?" |