{"product_id":"the-old-franciscan-missions-of-california-gb-13854","title":"The Old Franciscan Missions Of California","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Old Franciscan Missions Of California\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo those who are urging forward the day when profession will\r\ngive place to endeavor, and, in the real life of a genuine\r\nbrotherhood of man, and true recognition of the All-Fatherhood of\r\nGod, all men, in spite of their diversities, shall unite in their\r\nworship and thus form the real Catholic Church:\nThe story of the Old Missions of California is perennially new.\r\nThe interest in the ancient and dilapidated buildings and their\r\nhistory increases with each year. To-day a thousand visit them\r\nwhere ten saw them twenty years ago, and twenty years hence,\r\nhundreds of thousands will stand in their sacred precincts, and\r\nunconsciously absorb beautiful and unselfish lessons of life as\r\nthey hear some part of their history recited. It is well that this\r\nis so. A materially inclined nation needs to save every unselfish\r\nelement in its history to prevent its going to utter destruction.\r\nIt is essential to our spiritual development that we learn that\nIt is of incalculably greater benefit to the race that the\r\nMission Fathers lived and had their fling of divine audacity for\r\nthe good of the helpless aborigines than that any score one might\r\nname of the \"successful captains of industry\" lived to make their\r\nunwieldy and topheavy piles of gold. With all their faults and\r\nfailures, all their ideas of theology and education,--which we, in\r\nour assumed superiority, call crude and old-fashioned,--all their\r\nrude notions of sociology, all their errors and mistakes, the work\r\nof the Franciscan Fathers was glorified by unselfish aim, high\r\nmotive and constant and persistent endeavor to bring their heathen\r\nwards into a knowledge of saving grace. It was a brave and heroic\r\nendeavor. It is easy enough to find fault, to criticize, to carp,\r\nbut it is not so easy to do. These men did! They had\r\na glorious purpose which they faithfully pursued. They aimed high\r\nand achieved nobly. The following pages recite both their aims and\r\ntheir achievements, and neither can be understood without a\r\nthrilling of the pulses, a quickening of the heart's beats, and a\r\nstimulating of the soul's ambitions.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 13854 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: James, George Wharton \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Oct 25, 2004 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"James, George Wharton,1858-1923 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43216433447069,"sku":"gb-13854-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/13854.jpg?v=1671352421","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-old-franciscan-missions-of-california-gb-13854","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}