17,051 - CHURCH OFFERING PLATE WITH CARVED GOTHIC PHRASE AROUND OUTER EDGE
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17,051 - CHURCH OFFERING PLATE WITH CARVED GOTHIC PHRASE AROUND OUTER EDGEDescription
17,051 - WOOD CHURCH OFFERING PLATE WITH CARVED GOTHIC PHRASE AROUND OUTER EDGE. "Be Merciful After Thy Power". This plate artifact would have had a sound deadening round cloth affixed to the center middle. The phrase "Be merciful after thy power" was attributed to the Lord as a request to be merciful to those contributing offerings, because of the Lord's infinite power and ability to act mercifully. The wood carving around the edge was hand made and of professional wood worker quality. In that era, the beauty of carved wood and other offering plates reflected a reverence and honor for God, that taking offerings was to communicate to parishioners.Collection
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