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Excerpt from The Herald of the Cross, Vol. 4 To attain, by mutual helpfulness, the realization of the Christ-life, by the path of self-denial, self-sacrifice, and absolute self-abandonment to the Divine will and Service: - It is of these things that the Cross as a symbol speaks. It stands for the Sign of the Order of the Cross because its three steps are those which have to be taken in order to arrive at that Estate which it symbolizes. It speaks of the quest after the humble spirit and the pure heart. It speaks also of that further state of realization when the Soul gives itself in absolute abandonment for the Divine Service. The Three Steps are - Purity of Living. Purity of the Mind. Purity of the Soul. Thus to endeavour by example and teaching to win all men to the love of Truth, Purity, and Right-doing: To proclaim the Brotherhood of Man, the essential one-ness of all religious aspirations, and the unity of all living creatures in the Divine. To teach the moral necessity for humaneness towards all men and all creatures: To protest against, and to work for the abolition of, all national and social customs which violate the teachings of the Christ, especially such as involve bloodshed, the oppression of the weak and defenceless, the perpetuation of the brutal mind, and the infliction of cruelty upon animals, viz.: - war, vivisection, the slaughter of animals for food, fashion and sport, and kindred evils: To advocate the universal adoption of a bloodless diet and the return to simple and natural foods: To proclaim a message of peace and happiness, health and purity, spirituality and Divine Love. Announcements. This Journal is supplied regularly to many Public Institutions in this and other lands, such as Free Libraries, Institutes, University Colleges, etc. All Official Correspondence in connection with the work of The Order of the Cross should be addressed to the Secretary, to whom Cheques and Postal Orders should be made payable. "The Herald of the Cross" is published Monthly, and may be ordered of any newsagent. It can be obtained direct from Headquarters for 2s. 6d per annum, post free, or from the Publishers, Lamley & Co., i, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London. Executive Council Robert H. Perks, M.D., F.R.C.S. (Eng.), Secretary, Ferndale, Paignton. J. Topd Ferrier, Editor, Roselle, Woodland Park, Paignton. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.