"cannot be attained without years of earnest and patient effort and sacrifices worthy of the cause." As to its immediate functions, "much of the work," it is stated, "must be directed towards building up in the country a higher type of character and capacity than is generally available at present," and to this end the Society "will train men prepared to devote their lives to the cause of the country in a religious spirit." The constitution of the Society recalls in fact that of some of the great religious societies of Christendom, and not least that of the Jesuits, though with this cardinal difference, that it is essentially non-sectarian and substitutes as its ideal the service of India for the service of God, much in the same way as the Japanese have to a large extent merged their religious creeds in an idealized cult of Japan. Every "Servant of India" takes at the time of admission into the society the following seven vows;-- (a) That the country will always be first in his thoughts, and that he will give to her service the best that is in him. (b) That in serving the country he will seek no personal advantage for himself. (c) That he will regard all Indians as brothers and will work for the advancement of all, without distinction of caste or creed. (d) That he will be content with such provision for himself and his family, if any, as the society may be able to make, and will devote no part of his energies to earning money for himself. (e) That he will lead a pure personal life. (f) That he will engage in no personal quarrel with any one. (g) That he will always keep in view the aims of the society and watch over its interests with the utmost zeal, doing all he can to advance its work and never doing anything inconsistent with its objects.