A banner is a symbol-bearing flag. See also Banner (Mongols). This may also refer to:
The Banner is a magazine published by the Christian Reformed Church in North America. It was originally published as The Banner of Truth by the Rev. John Yeury de Baun in the 1860s and '70s for the benefit of the True Reformed Dutch Church in America. De Baun was granted permission by the denominational synod meeting in New York, New York in June, 1866, to publish a monthly periodical at his own expense. It began as a monthly publication out of Hackensack, New Jersey.
Issues of The Banner of Truth generally printed sermons from important early figures in the True Reformed Dutch Church (e.g., James D. Demarest and Solomon Froeligh), doctrinal treatises, denominational and church news, records of marriages and deaths, poems and puzzles on spiritual or doctrinal themes, and numerous proverbs or aphorisms.
In 1887, de Baun became pastor of LaGrave Avenue Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and continued publishing the magazine from there. De Baun sold the magazine in 1903 to a group of businessmen, who increased the frequency of publication from monthly to bi-weekly and shortened the name to The Banner. The Christian Reformed Church bought the magazine in 1914, which continues to be published to this day.
The Banner is a hardcore punk band from Bloomfield, New Jersey.
The Banner broke up for a brief period in 2006, before reuniting with founding member Garrett Defalco. The band released their third studio album, Frailty: The Hellbound Heart in 2008, which was recorded and produced at the Machine Shop studio in Hoboken, New Jersey and released on the Ferret Music label.
In late 2011, Born to Ruin was announced as the band's next release, to be released by American label, Melotov Records. The four songs comprising Born to Ruin: The Way is Shut were released throughout 2012 and 2013 and were compiled onto a cassette released in the fall of 2013.
The band released their fourth album, Greying, in 2014 and Only the Dead Know Jersey, a split with Old Wounds, in 2015. Both were released via Good Fight Music.
i stand alone
i chose this path for me
and though your gone
i'm marked for life
one more time
another falls
we're going round and round again
carve it on my stone
on the day i die.
as strong now
are my feelings
what it means and it still matters.
live my life for no one but me
and this path has strengthened me
i stand tall
it burns - i raise my fist
declaration - my heart
its drives me-on my stone.
true till death.
i look around, i dont like what i see.
whats this about - i'm marked for life
they've let me down, those that we once looked to
it's so clear now - i'm marked for life
i look around, how did it get so bad
wont let them down - i'm marked for life
we'll tear it down, there's nothing left for me
get off the ground - i'm marked for life
and here i stand - i'm my strongest ever
and though they may fall, i'm still marked for life.