ABSTRACT
The Cross, as a means of getting the attention of crowds, or of the more common people in our modern, practical-minded Western world, was apparently adapted to its purpose as long as it was used for Church purposes, or as long as it was kept dramatic or sensational or remote, or as long as it was a cross for someone else; but as a means of attracting the attention of crowds of ordinary men and women to goodness in common everyday things, it is very doubtful if failure—in the power of steady daily pulling on men’s minds—has done as much for goodness as success. Most of us, acting in most things, are not good enough to die on crosses. We are not worthy; it would not be humble in us to. Crosses are only reserved for the newest and most rare truths, and for the newest and most rare men.
