Bacchus; letters now adopted by Romanists. _Hesus_ was an old
divinity of Gaul, possibly left by the Phenicians. We have the
same I. H. S. in _Jazabel_, and reproduced in our _Isabel_.
The idea connected with the word is '_Phallic
Vigor_.'"[351:11]

The TRIANGLE, which is to be seen at the present day in Christian
churches as an emblem of the "Ever-blessed Trinity," is also of Pagan
origin, and was used by them for the same purpose.

Among the numerous symbols, the Triangle is conspicuous in _India_.
Hindoos attached a mystic signification to its _three_ sides, and
generally placed it in their temples. It was often composed of lotus
plants, with an eye in the center.[351:12] It was sometimes represented
in connection with the mystical word AUM[351:13] (Fig. No. 31), and
sometimes surrounded with rays of glory.[351:14]

This symbol was engraved upon the tablet of the ring which the religious
chief, called the _Brahm-atma_ wore, as one of the signs of his
dignity, and it was used by the Buddhists as emblematic of the
Trinity.[352:1]

The ancient _Egyptians_ signified their divine _Triad_ by a single
_Triangle_.[352:2]

Mr. Bonwick says:

"The _Triangle_ was a religious form from the first. It is to
be recognized in the Obelisk and Pyramid (of Egypt). To this
day, in some Christian churches, the priest's blessing is
given as it was in Egypt, by the sign of a triangle; viz.: two
fingers and a thumb. An Egyptian god is seen with a triangle
over his shoulders. This figure, in ancient Egyptian theology,
was the type of the Holy Trinity--three in one."[352:3]

And Dr. Inman says:

"The Triangle is a sacred symbol in our modern churches, and
it was the sign used in ancient temples before the initiated,
to indicate the Trinity--three persons 'co-eternal together,
and co-equal.'"[352:4]

The Triangle is found on ancient Greek monuments.[352:5] An ancient seal
(engraved in the Memoires de l'Academie royale des Inscriptions et
Belles Lettres), supposed to be of Phenician origin, "has as subject a
standing figure between two stars, beneath which are handled crosses.
Above the head of the deity is the TRIANGLE, or symbol of the
Trinity."[352:6]

[Illustration: Fig. No. 31]

One of the most conspicuous among the symbols intended to represent the
Trinity, to be seen in Christian churches, is the compound leaf of the
_trefoil_. Modern story had