"That to be saved is only this:
Salvation from our selfishness."
The missions through all the Southwest were peculiarly fruitful in good results. The ruins of many still exist, revealing them to have usually been in the general design of a nave and basilica crowned by the cross—this sign and seal of faith in the Christ.
"O Love Divine! whose constant beam
Shines on the eyes that will not see,
And waits to bless us; while we dream
Thou leavest, because we turn from Thee!
"Nor bounds, nor clime, nor creed thou know'st;
Wide as our need Thy favors fall;