January 8, 2007

My Creed — Abner Jones (1801)

Of all unscriptural names that are
In christian churches, claim’d so fair,
‘Gainst them I enter my dissent;
On Christ’s sole name my mind is bent.
The church of Rome and England too,
Are names of men, which once were new;
The highly boasted Baptist name,
And Methodist are all the same.
The Presbyterian, polite,
And Universalist so light;
The honest Quaker, thee and thou,
Are [...]