The Voice of Praise ‎#583

583. 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! angels bend
In anxious silence o'er the sign,
And vainly seek to comprehend
The wonder of the Love divine.

3 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.

4 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.

5 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.

Text Information

• First Line: Fling out the banner! let it float
• Author: Doane
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1873
• Topic: The Christian Church: Missionary; Fling Out the Banner

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