ONLY SAYING HIS BEADS.
Speaking of Cardinal Mercier, his utter fearlessness, and his provoking meekness, Mgr. De Wiart, Belgian envoy, told the following story to a New Yorkaudience : —The German Governor in Brussels (von Bissing), shortly before his death, sent for the Cardinal and ordered him to sit down in front of his desk. He then proceeded to read all the trumped-up charges against the Cardinal, who sat quite calm the whole time, his lips moving, but uttering no word. At last von Bissing could stand it no longer, and burst, out: "What have you to answer to all of these accusations?'* "Oh! nothing," replied the Cardinal; "I am on]y saying my beads."
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New Zealand Tablet, 13 February 1919, Page 45
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113ONLY SAYING HIS BEADS. New Zealand Tablet, 13 February 1919, Page 45
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