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thousand years or more, England's and later Britain's, Eastern Europe, and so its wanderings can be referred
national religious services have been held. Here, too, to as "From Nineveh into York Minster." The Horn thus
for the same period of time the Kings of Britain's an- gives us the last known address of the ten tribes in the
cient line have been crowned and anointed in a cere- cities of the Medes. They were deported there by the
mony which (with the exception of the Holy Assyrians before they vanished into obscurity and be-
Communion) is similar to that which was used in the came the "Lo-Ammi" (Not-My-People Israel of
Coronation of the Kings of Judah's line in the Temple Hosea).
in ancient Israel.
Evidence of this type suggests a vital line of investi-
gation into the westward trek of our Israelite forebears
from their Palestinian homeland and their enforced re-
moval therefrom, finally reaching the Isles of the West
of Scriptural prophecy, via Media, and on to what was
once known as Scythia, and thence to the westerly
countries of Europe -- some moving by river and sea
and some by the overland routes.

The great Odin, in his day, was supreme leader of
these ceaselessly wandering folk. We recall with
fascination that our gracious Queen Elizabeth II has ac-
knowledged her descent from this illustrious leader
Further, within the Royal Borough of Westminster who -- though pagan and estranged from the God of his
in which these things occur, and only a short distance fathers -- must have, at that early period, been aware of
from the Abbey, are the Parliament buildings and the his descent from Judah of Israel.
offices of the ministers of the Crown, from which the
nation is governed. Thus, just as it was in Israel of old, The Evidence of Heraldry
we have a capital city, enclosing a separate area, from
which our sovereigns are crowned and all our national The Great Seal of the United States was adopted on
religious services are held. the 20th June, 1782, as a corporate seal for official
documents and it was first printed on the one-dollar
This similarity is amazing, but it becomes even more bill issued in 1935.
so when we see that the emblem of the Royal Borough
of Westminster is the same as that of the Temple area The heraldry used in the design of the Great Seal is
in Jerusalem. It is the emblem of the tribe of Levi -- purely Israelitish in inspiration; the incidence of the
the Breastplate of the High Priest of ancient Israel. number thirteen also points dramatically to Manasseh
as the thirteenth tribe.
The Horn of Ulphus -- A Vital Clue
On the obverse side is the flying eagle ( Deu-
teronomy 32:8-14; Exodus 19:4; Revelation 12:14)
"ULPHUS" is an elephant's tusk, described as the carrying in its dexter claw the olive branch of peace
drinking horn of Earl Ulf (Latin, Ulphus), Thane of (Jeremiah 11:16), the other claw grasping a bundle of
Eastern Yorkshire, about fifty years before the arrival thirteen arrows, the protective weapons of God (Deu-
of William the Conqueror. Earl Ulf was a relative of teronomy 32:23 and II Samuel 22:15). The motto
King Canute (1017-35) and his horn was placed on the above the eagle E Pluribus unum means "One from
high altar in York Minster as a token of the gift of his many" (Hebrews 11:12) and is made up of the eagle
estates for the use of the Minster, in perpetuity. It has (Genesis 15:1 and Psalm 5:12) are thirteen paleways
a broad band of carving at the top which depicts the to represent the thirteen colonies or states which
Winged Bulls of Nineveh, together with the Lion and formed the original confederation. These states are
the Unicorn -- the national emblem of Judah and Israel. symbolized in a grouping of thirteen stars above the
The official brochure The Horn of Ulf, by Cyril G.E. eagle's head (Genesis 22:17). On the reverse side of
Bunt, sold in the Minster but now out of print, traces the Great Seal is a representation of the Great Pyra-
the great caravan route through the Caucasus into mid, indicating that our ancestors the Israelites, had
spent time in Egypt.
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