Methodist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#278

278. 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 wonders 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! sin-sick souls,
That sink and perish in the strife,
Shall touch in faith its radiant hem
And spring immortal into life.

5 Fling out the banner! let it float
Skyward and seaward, high and wide,
Our glory, only in the cross;
Our only hope, the Crucified!

6 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
• Author: Bp. G. W. Doane, 1799-1859
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Banner, The Gospel; The Church and the Kingdom of God: Missions; Missions (See also Kingdom of Christ)

Tune Information

• Name: THOMAS CROSBY
• Composer: W. H. Hewlett, 1873-
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: E♭ Major