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C. 50.(2:168-242)—The Society thus organised

Must live under laws

That would guide their every-day life,—

Based on eternal principles

Of righteousness and fair dealing.

Cleanliness and sobriety,

Honesty and helpfulness,

One to another,—yet shaped

Into concrete forms, to suit

Times and circumstances,

And the varying needs

Of average men and women:

The food to be clean and wholesome;

Blood-feuds to be abolished;

The rights and duties of heirs

To be recognised after death,

Not in a spirit of Formalism,

But to help the weak and the needy

And check all selfish wrong-doing;

Self-denial to be learnt by fasting;

The courage to fight in defence

Of right, to be defined;

The Pilgrimage to be sanctified

As a symbol of unity;

Charity and help to the poor

To be organised; unseemly riot

And drink and gambling

To be banished; orphans to be protected;

Marriage, divorce, and widowhood

To be regulated; and the rights of women,

Apt to be trampled under foot,

Now clearly affirmed.