The famous missions of California . short of our criteria,this much must be said of him, that he was fired throughoutwith the high spirit of his vocation, that he was punctual inthe performance of duty as he understood it, that he wasobedient to the most rigorous dictates of that Gospel whichhe had set himself to preach. In absolute, single-hearted, un-flinching, and tireless devotion to the task of his life—the sal-vation of heathen souls—he spent himself freely and cheer-fully, a true follower of that noblest and most engaging ofthe mediaeval saints, whose law he had laid upon himself, andwh
The famous missions of California . short of our criteria,this much must be said of him, that he was fired throughoutwith the high spirit of his vocation, that he was punctual inthe performance of duty as he understood it, that he wasobedient to the most rigorous dictates of that Gospel whichhe had set himself to preach. In absolute, single-hearted, un-flinching, and tireless devotion to the task of his life—the sal-vation of heathen souls—he spent himself freely and cheer-fully, a true follower of that noblest and most engaging ofthe mediaeval saints, whose law he had laid upon himself, andwhom he looked up to as his guide and examplar. Let usplace him where he belongs—among the transcendent apos-tolic figures of his own church; for thus alone shall we do jus-tice to his personality, his objects, his career. The memory The Famous Missions of California. 45 of such a man will survive all changes in creeds and ideals;and the great state, of which he was the first pioneer, will dohonour to herself in honouring Mission of Santa Barbara 46 The Famous Missions of California. 47 VIII. AFTER Juniperos death the supervision of the mis-sions devolved for a time upon Palou, under whosemanagement, owing to difficulties with the civilpowers, no new foundations were undertaken,though satisfactory progress was made in those already exist-ing. In 1786, Palou was appointed head of the College ofSan Fernando, and his place as mission president was filledby Father Firmin Francisco de Lasuen, by whom the missionof Santa Barbara was dedicated, on the festival day of thatvirgin-martyr, before the close of the year.* Just twelvemonths later, the third channel settlement was started, withthe performance of the usual rites, on the spot fixed for theMission of La Purisima Concepcion, at the western extremityof the bay; though some months passed before real workthere was begun. Thus the proposed scheme, elaboratedbefore Juniperos death, for the occupation of that portion ofthe co
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