
Author: Bishop George W. Doane Hymnal: The New Christian Hymnal #172 (1929) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: Fling out the banner! let it float Lyrics: 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 Savior 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.
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.
Topics: The Church; Means of Grace Missions Languages: English Tune Title: WALTHAM
Fling Out the Banner! Let It Float!