Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#75b

75b. The royal banners forward go

1 The royal banners forward go,
The Cross shines forth in mystic glow
Where he, as man, who gave man breath,
Now bows beneath the yoke of death.

2 Fulfilled is all that David told
In true prophetic song of old;
How God the nations' King should be,
For God is reigning from the Tree. A-men.

3 O Tree of beauty, Tree most fair,
Ordained those holy limbs to bear;
Gone is thy shame, each crimsoned bough
Proclaims the King of glory now.

4 Blest Tree, whose chosen branches bore
The wealth that did the world restore,
The price of humankind to pay,
And spoil the spoiler of his prey.

5 O Cross, our one reliance, hail!
So may thy power with us avail
More good for righteous souls to win,
And save the sinner from his sin.

6 To Thee, eternal Three in One,
Let homage meet by all be done:
As by the Cross thou dost restore,
So rule and guide us evermore.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: The royal banners forward go
• Author Verses 1 - 4: Venantius Fortunatus, 530-609
• Author Verses 5, 6: Anonymous
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: The Church Year: Lent; The Church Year: Palm Sunday; The Church Year: Holy Week
• Source: Translation Episcopal Hymnal, 1940

Tune Information

• Name: PARKER
• Composer: Horatio Parker, 1863 - 1919
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: D♭ Major
• Copyright: By permission of the Church Pension Fund