. The missions of California, with sketches of the lives of St. Francis and Junipero Serra . major-domos. Father Azagomas of SanLuis Obispo, Father Gutierrez of San Antonio, and Father Sarria,of Soledad Mission, were soldiers of the Cross who remained withtheir Indian charges until death freed them from their sufferings. For ten years after the Secularization Act affairs went steadilyfrom bad to worse. In March, 1846, Governor Pico was author-ized by the President of Mexico, to sell the missions to raisemoney to defend the country against the United States. Thishe did at illegal sales, and for
. The missions of California, with sketches of the lives of St. Francis and Junipero Serra . major-domos. Father Azagomas of SanLuis Obispo, Father Gutierrez of San Antonio, and Father Sarria,of Soledad Mission, were soldiers of the Cross who remained withtheir Indian charges until death freed them from their sufferings. For ten years after the Secularization Act affairs went steadilyfrom bad to worse. In March, 1846, Governor Pico was author-ized by the President of Mexico, to sell the missions to raisemoney to defend the country against the United States. Thishe did at illegal sales, and for insignificant sums. On the 7thof July, 1846, the American flag was raised at Monterey, andformal possession of California was taken by the United States. Then, after being held in abeyance for years, the churches,mission buildings, and small parcels of land, were returned intothe unalienable possession of the Catholic Church. The missionproperty, the large tracts of land cultivated for the communityspurpose, it was decided, must be considered as governmentproperty. SAN DIEGO DE SAN DIEGO DE ALCALAThe present site was chosen, six miles up the valley. SAN DIEGO DE ALCALA. THE WOODEN CROSS IN THE WEEDS* (San Diego)By JijHN Vaxce Cheney He that fell here wore the one crownThe humble sovereign can lay down, And so be kinglier than he was writes against this martyrs name:A better world because he came, Good Padre Jaume, to this western shore. Gods house—there, one day, should it Jaume dreamed; so Heaven willed. Since fit the place—Nature could do no more—■And fitter none than he to sit,Meek master of himself and it, Light of the souls having no light before. The savage, with his ax and not Heavens warrior understand. Seek Him, love Him, my children! so he criedOn the raw ranks of nativ^e only struck, and struck again. And left him with the arrows in his side. The father loved, when waned the wander up the valley way; F
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