All Saints Episcopal Church
213 Madison Ave, Lakewood, NJ 08701-3316
732-367-0933

our original banner
over 100 years old


read aloud

IN  LOVING  MEMORY  OF
DOUGLAS  CHAPIN  NOWELL
NOVEMBER  29,  1892
SEPTEMBER  13,  1911
PRESENTED  BY  HIS  MOTHER
KATE  DE  FOREST
EASTER  1917
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symbolism in the banner

  gold Crown   gold - eternal, crown - kingship
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  IHS   A Christogram for the Holy Name of Jesus. The earliest example thus found was on a Byzantine gold coin (Click here for an example). In a quatrefoil, four-lobed shape, for the four perfections of God; unity, power, goodness & wisdom.  
  rays from the cross   radiant glory of God  
  gold ring   eternity  
  tiercefeuilles   Father, Son & Holy Spirit, one God (a stylized three petal flower. Not a trefoil - a clover - and not a fleur-de-lis)  
  Christmas rose
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  the Nativity of our Lord