A closer analogy to the use of the cross meets us when we recall how, in all ages, the gods have been suggested to their worshippers by signs and symbols. The thunderbolts of Jove, the lyre of Apollo, the caduceus of Mercury, the hammer of Thor, are all obvious examples. It may be true that many of these took their rise at a time when letters were almost unknown save to the learned few, and thus the emblem appealed to those to whom written words were meaningless. Yet as learning spreads to the masses of the people, the popularity of significant tokens does not decrease, but man gives a natural welcome to that which, by a few strokes or a simple outline, sums up for him the expression of a great truth. And what figure is so expressive of the Christian faith as the hallowed symbol of the Cross? To the ignorant as clearly as the learned it tells of the sufferings which purchased our redemption, of the life of sorrow and death of agony voluntarily undergone by the God-Man. In the light of that Redeemer's own teaching, it speaks of the life of self-abnegation, the daily cross-bearing, to which His followers are pledged; and to the faithful it foretells also that flashing of the "Sign of the Son of Man" across the heavens which shall announce the end of earthly time. The Christians' faith, the Christians' life, the Christians' hope, all are summed up and symbolized in that one most sacred sign--the Holy Cross. THE END Index. Abbot's Way, Dartmoor, 107 Abingdon, 72 Absolution, Cross of, 40 Aix-la-Chapelle, Cross at, 23 Alpine Crosses, 88 Altar Cross, 45; Genevan opposition to, 46 Ampney Crucis, 57 Angelico, Fra, 26 Archbishop's Cross, 36 Argyle, Duke of, Executed, 70 Arms of Commonwealth, 13 Arms of Modern States, with Cross, 12 Aston Rogers, 115 Athanasius, S., quoted, 30 Augustine, S., quoted, 32 Aylburton Cross, 110 Badges, Cruciform, of Orders of Merit, 12 Baptismal Cross, 33 Benedict Biscop, S., 20 Bennet's Cross, Dartmoor, 107 Bisley, 114 Bitterley Cross, 57 Books, burning of, 82 Boundary Crosses, 107 Boxley, Rood of Grace at, 50 Bristol Cross, 70 Broadwood Widger, 62 Bromboro, 110 Buckland Abbey, 107 Burythorpe, 110 Catacombs, Cross in, 4; Crucifix in, 20 Catechumens signed, 32 Charing Cross, 92 Chasubles, marked with Cross, 55 Cheapside Cross, 92 Chester, High Cross, 72; Roodee, 51 Chichester, 75 Childe's Tomb, 104 Chipping Campden, 76 Chosroes captures True Cross, 8 Chrysostom, S., quoted, 29 Churches surmounted with crosses, 6 Churchyard Crosses, 56; Restoration of, 61 Cicero on Crucifixion, 3 Clearwell Cross, 111 Clement of Alexandria on Symbols of Christ, 15 Coins stamped with Cross, 6, 13 Commonwealth, Arms of, 13 Confirmation Cross, 33 Consecration Crosses, 40 Constantine, Conversion of, 5; Use of Cross by, 6 Constantinople, Council of, 21