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    The Ancient Banner: Or, Brief Sketches of Persons and Scenes in the Early History of Friends
    The Ancient Banner: Or, Brief Sketches of Persons and Scenes in the Early History of Friends
    The Ancient Banner: Or, Brief Sketches of Persons and Scenes in the Early History of Friends
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    The Ancient Banner: Or, Brief Sketches of Persons and Scenes in the Early History of Friends

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    "The Ancient Banner: Or, Brief Sketches of Persons and Scenes in the Early History of Friends" by Anonymous is a story in verse. Telling the tale of the Romans, the church, the Lutheran Reformation, and more, the history of Europe and civilization is laid out in flowing words. Seamlessly melding one era into another, this poetic song honors great men, women, and cultures that shaped the world into what it is today.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 10, 2019
    ISBN4064066226152
    The Ancient Banner: Or, Brief Sketches of Persons and Scenes in the Early History of Friends

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      The Ancient Banner - Good Press

      Anonymous

      The Ancient Banner

      Or, Brief Sketches of Persons and Scenes in the Early History of Friends

      Published by Good Press, 2019

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4064066226152

      Table of Contents

      1846.

      THE

      ANCIENT BANNER.

      "Thou hast given a banner to them that feared thee,

      that it may be displayed because of the truth."

      Psalm 60—4.

      PHILADELPHIA:

      JOSEPH KITE & CO., PRINTERS,

      No. 50 North Fourth Street.

      1846.

      Table of Contents

      THE

      Table of Contents

      ANCIENT BANNER.

      Table of Contents

      In boundless mercy, the Redeemer left,

      The bosom of his Father, and assumed

      A servant's form, though he had reigned a king,

      In realms of glory, ere the worlds were made,

      Or the creating words, Let there be light

      In heaven were uttered. But though veiled in flesh,

      His Deity and his Omnipotence,

      Were manifest in miracles. Disease

      Fled at his bidding, and the buried dead

      Rose from the sepulchre, reanimate,

      At his command, or, on the passing bier

      Sat upright, when he touched it. But he came,

      Not for this only, but to introduce

      A glorious dispensation, in the place

      Of types and shadows of the Jewish code.

      Upon the mount, and round Jerusalem,

      He taught a purer, and a holier law—

      His everlasting

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