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Title: Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Butterworth, Hezekiah, 1839-1905. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Boston, Estes and Lauriat
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HE VASE OF SOISSONS. EVENING THE THIRD. Ill He called upon his gods, but they did not answer him. He saw he was indanger of being utterly defeated and losing his army. He had with him a servant of the queen. My Lord King, said this man, believe only on the Lord of heaven,whom the queen, mymistress, preacheth. Clovis raised hiseyes in hope towardsheaven, — Christ Jesus,thou whom my queenClotilde calleth theSon of God, I havecalled upon my owngods, and they haveleft me. Thee I in-voke. Give me vic-tory, and I will be-lieve in thee, proclaimthee to my people,and be baptized inthy name. The tide of battlenow suddenly turned,the Allemannianswere beaten, and theirking was slain. When his queenhad learned of hisvow, she sent for theBishop of Rheims toinstruct him in Chris-tianity. He publiclyrenounced his gods,and his people at thesame time accepted the queens faith. Christmas Day, 496, will be ever memorable in Christian history; it was onthat day that the King of the Franks was baptized.
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STREET IN STRASBURG. H2 ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN NORTHERN LANDS. The occasion was one of barbaric splendor, and such as might be expectedof a warlike king in those rude times. The road from the palace to the bap-tistery, over which the king was to pass, was curtained with silk, mottoes, andbanners, like a triumphal way. The houses of Rheims were hung with festiveornaments, and the baptistery itself was sprinkled with balm and all manner ofperfume. The procession moved from the palace like a pageant for a feast of victory.The clergy led, bearing the Gospels, standards, and cross. Hymns were chanted,as they swept along. Then came the Bishop of Rheims, leading the king ; afterhim, the rejoicing queen ; and lastly the neophytes who were to receive baptismwith the king. On the way, the king seemed impressed with the glittering pageant. Is this kingdom promised me ? he asked. No, said the bishop ; but it is the entrance to the road that leads to it. At the baptistery the bishop said to the king,

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