Hallowed Hymns, New and Old ‎#229

229. Fling Out the Banner!

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!

5 Fling out the banner! wide and high,
Seaward and skyward, let it shine:
Nor skill, nor might, nor merit ours;
We conquer only in that sign.

Text Information

• First Line: Fling out the banner! let it float
• Title: Fling Out the Banner!
• Author: George W. Doane
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: Missionary
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: WALTHAM
• Composer: J. Baptiste Calkin
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.