Worship and Service Hymnal ‎#445

445. 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! 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.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Fling out the banner! let it float
• Title: Fling Out the Banner! Let It Float
• Author: George W. Doane, 1799-1859
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1957
• Topic: Missions: General; Soul Winning

Tune Information

• Name: WALTHAM (Doane)
• Composer: John B. Calkin, 1827-1905
• Key: E♭ Major