Text: | The Banner of the Cross |
Author: | Daniel W. Whittle, 1840-1901 |
Tune: | [There's a royal banner given for display] |
Composer: | James McGranahan, 1840-1907 |
1 There's a royal banner given for display
To the soldiers of the King;
As an ensign fair we lift it up today,
While as ransomed ones we sing.
Chorus:
Marching on, marching on,
For Christ count ev'rything but loss!
And to crown Him King, toil and sing
'Neath the banner of the cross!
2 Though the foe may rage and gather as the flood,
Let the standard be displayed;
And beneath its folds, as soldiers of the Lord,
For the truth be not dismayed. [Chorus]
3 Over land and sea, wherever man may dwell,
Make the glorious tidings known;
Of the crimson banner now the story tell,
While the Lord shall claim His own. [Chorus]
4 When the glory dawns - 'tis drawing very near -
It is hast'ning day by day -
Then before our King the foe shall disappear,
And the cross the world shall sway. [Chorus]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | There's a royal banner given for display |
Title: | The Banner of the Cross |
Author: | Daniel W. Whittle, 1840-1901 |
Refrain First Line: | Marching on, marching on |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1970 |
Topic: | Challenge; Commitment; Discipleship(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [There's a royal banner given for display] |
Composer: | James McGranahan, 1840-1907 |
Key: | A♭ Major |