Favorite Hymns of Praise ‎#437

437. 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 Savior died.

2 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.

3 Fling out the banner, sin-sick souls
That sink and perish in the strife.
Shall touch in faith its radiant hem,
And spring immortal into life.

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!

Text Information

• First Line: Fling out the banner, let it float
• Title: Fling Out the Banner! Let It Float
• Author: George W. Doane
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1967
• Topic: Church: Militant and Triumphant; Missionary

Tune Information

• Name: [Fling out the banner, let it float]
• Composer: John B. Calkin
• Key: E♭ Major