American Historical Ephemera & Photography

Zealous...Endless Hell. 35 1/2 x 60 1/8 in. cotton banner/chart (spotting, toning). A chart listing spiritual states of being and activities with the top listed as "Zealous" and other more desirable states listed in red. Farther down the chart undesirable qualities and activities, such as "Cards + Dancing" and "Tackey Church Members," are listed followed by the presumably worst states of being: "agnostic," "Infidelity," "Hopeless Death," and "Endless Hell." -- Eden / Seth - Noah - Abraham - Jacob. 55 x 35 in. Cotton banner/chart (spotting, toning). "Eden" is encircled with a large chart emanating with non-sequential numbers. On top the names "Laban" (the brother of Rebekah) and "Miriam" are painted. Below the names "Seth, Noah, Abraham," and "Jacob" are written. Verso with sketch outline of another banner quoting several verses "Hearing, Faith, Repentance, Confession, Baptism." -- Kingdom of God / World of Sin. 35 1/2 x 51 1/2 in. cotton banner (toning, some stains). A venn diagram with one circle labeled "The Kingdom of God," and the other "The World." The overlapping area is labeled "Church of Christ." -- Together, 3 banners. 

Church Revival Banners of the Early 20th Century
The late 19th and early 20th centuries continued the Third Great Awakening and saw the emergence of new Christian movements, such as Pentecostalism, Holiness denominations, and Fundamentalism, alongside a renewed vigor for tent revivals, evangelism, and global missionary work. Traditional denominations experienced challenges, and in some cases schisms, in part due to the response of traditional and fundamental beliefs to theological liberalism and cultural modernism. The hand-painted and printed banners offered as Lots 616-621 reflect the religious fervor and passionate beliefs fomenting in this period of change.