Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes ‎#341

341. Fling out the banner: let it float

1 Fling out the banner: let it float
Skyward and seaward, high and wide;
The sun, that lights its shining folds,
The cross, on which the Saviour died.

2 Fling out the banner: angels bend
In anxious silence o’er the sign,
And vainly seek to comprehend
The wonder of the Love Divine.

3 Fling out the banner: heathen lands
Shall see from far the glorious sight;
And nations, crowding to be born,
Baptize their spirits in its light.

4 Fling out the banner: let it float
Skyward and seaward, high and wide:
Our glory only in the cross,
Our only hope, the Crucified.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Fling out the banner: let it float
• Author: George W. Doane (1824)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1899
• Topic: Missions
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: TRIUMPHANT
• Composer: James W. Elliott
• Meter: L. M.
• Notes: Public Domain.