Washington County News | 1918-12-19 | Page 3 | Mercier Never Lost Faith

NEVER LOST FAITH persecuted belgian cardinal always confident that god would save the unhappy country cardinal archbishop of ma lin belgium ans pot by the germans but his biec dom vas restrained ills offense was the issuing of a pis toral letter to ills apple in january 1015 in which he fald 1 I have gone most of the places in my ane beba suited hat I 1 hae acen of the ruins and the ashes basss anything in alte of div n ot acute cars I 1 could eer imia ieng fi juned churche char institutions hospitals onen ts ato a considerable number are unfit for ar are in ruins hole llla gei euf have disappeared irell saie Belg luni ID brot liers we doubt it apt lpt us ay rather atlle Is saving cef Is a single patriot who does not feel that glon hhas come to belgium holcli of us bould have tho courage out dihe last page of our history hlen f no can look without pride on the Irp lendor ot the glory that our dered country haa