Lift Up the Banner

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Christian soldiers, go proclaim

Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris
Tune: [Christian soldiers, go proclaim]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Christian soldiers, go proclaim
Unto ev’ry nation,
Thro’ the pow’r of Jesus’ name,
Full and free salvation,
Tell it out to all the world—
“Holiness unto the Lord,”
Be love’s banner wide unfurled,
Lift it up.

Refrain:
Precious banner of holiness,
Keep it proudly flying,
While God’s armies onward press,
Sinn and hell defying.
Life it up we surely must;
No more trail it in the dust;
Precious banner of holiness,
Lift it up.

2 Tell to ev’ry sin-sick soul,
God Himself hath spoken,
Jesus’ blood makes fully whole,
Sin’s dominion broken,
To the breeze your banner fling,
Uttermost salvation sing,
Let the glorious anthem ring,
Lift it up. [Refrain]

3 Till from ev’ry hill remote,
Ev’ry plain and valley,
Shall the gospel banner float;
To this cause we rally,
Holiness to all declare,
For the coming King prepare,
Till He shall in clouds appear,
Lift it up. [Refrain]

Source: Full Gospel Songs #116

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Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris

Lelia (Mrs. C.H.) Morris (1862-1929) was born in Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio. When her family moved to Malta on the Muskingum River she and her sister and mother had a millinery shop in McConnelsville. She and her husband Charles H. Morris were active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and at the camp meetings in Sebring and Mt. Vernon. She wrote hymns as she did her housework. Although she became blind at age 52 she continued to write hymns on a 28-foot long blackboard that her family had built for her. She is said to have written 1000 texts and many tunes including "Sweeter as the years go by." Mary Louise VanDyke Go to person page >

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First Line:	Christian soldiers, go proclaim
Title:	Lift Up the Banner
Author:	Mrs. C. H. Morris
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Precious banner of holiness
Publication Date:	1914
Copyright:	This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1929.