A GREAT MISFORTUNE.
The Paris Univers says Rheims exists no longer: it is a heap of ruins. This is, indeed, a misfortune—one of the greatest amongst all the misfortunes which the war has brought to France. The destruction- of Rheims tears away from France part of herself, something very dear to her heart. Rheims was the : town dearest to the French nation ; history tells this fact to us. A Gallic city which eagerly accepted Roman civilisation, Rheims had at an early stage faith in Christ. God destined an important role for this town in the religious and political formation of France. It was there St. Remi baptised Clovis and his companion soldiers. It was in the Cathedral that so many of the kings of France were crowned. During the" present tragic war Rheims has been the scene of terrible fighting.
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New Zealand Tablet, 19 September 1918, Page 23
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140A GREAT MISFORTUNE. New Zealand Tablet, 19 September 1918, Page 23
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