History of the Catholic church in California . ng himself alone in thefield of his labors for which he had so long and sopersistently petitioned, must naturally have feltthe weight and responsibility of his position. Be-fore him lay the v/hole of Lower and Upper Cali-fornia, with their thousands of barbarous inhabi-tants, for the conversion and civilization of whomhe had entirely to rely on the mild and persuasivewords of the gospel. For the accomplishment ofhis purpose he applied himself in the first instanceto the acquisition of the vernacular. The difficul-ties he had to contend with, howev
History of the Catholic church in California . ng himself alone in thefield of his labors for which he had so long and sopersistently petitioned, must naturally have feltthe weight and responsibility of his position. Be-fore him lay the v/hole of Lower and Upper Cali-fornia, with their thousands of barbarous inhabi-tants, for the conversion and civilization of whomhe had entirely to rely on the mild and persuasivewords of the gospel. For the accomplishment ofhis purpose he applied himself in the first instanceto the acquisition of the vernacular. The difficul-ties he had to contend with, however, lay not en-tirely in his unacquaintance of the language. Theywere of a more formidable and exceptional char-acter. To the rudeness, barbarity and ignoranceof the people, the ordinary lot of every Apostle,was also to be added the still more formidable im-pediments—the rude and inhospitable nature ofthe country, to which is to be attributed the fail-ure of so many and such important expeditionsundertaken by Government and private specula-.
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