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Flowers and Festivals 



visable to use the Tau Cross for all festivals during 

 Advent (excepting upon S. Andrew's Day, when the 

 Cross proper to that Saint would be most appro- 

 priate), the Greek Cross during Lent, and the Latin 

 for Easter ; and afterwards, during the Christian 

 year, because the Tau, being the anticipatory Cross, 

 is best used to symbolize our Lord's coming ; the 

 Greek being emblematic of His ministry, and the 

 Latin of His glorification. 



The Cross is said, by Mosheim, to be, in chemical 

 language, the emblem of light ; because it contains 

 within its figure ' the forms of the three letters, of 

 which the Latin word Lux (light) is composed 



