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

Author: Anonymous

Release Date: October 6, 2006 [EBook #19482]

Language: English

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buffetted corrected to buffeted
multipled corrected to multiplied
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THE
ANCIENT BANNER;

OR

Brief Sketches
OF PERSONS AND SCENES IN THE EARLY HISTORY
OF FRIENDS.

"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.

THE
ANCIENT BANNER.

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 Gospel, which is yet
To fill the earth with gladness; for all climes
Shall feel its influence, and shall