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The Royal Banners Forward Fly
Author: Venantius Honorius Fortunatus, 530-609 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 134 hymnals Topics: Holy Week; Jesus Christ Sovereignty and Reign; Processional Hymns; Year A Good Friday; Year A Holy Saturday; Year B Good Friday; Year B Holy Saturday; Year C Good Friday; Year C Holy Saturday; Year C Reign of Christ Scripture: Isaiah 52:13 Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL Text Sources: The New Century Hymnal, 1994, trans.
The Royal Banners Forward Fly
O Spirit of the living God
Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 373 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Spirit of the living God,
in all the fullness of your grace,
wherever human feet has trod,
descend upon our rebellious race.
2 Give tongues of fire and hearts of love
to preach the reconciling word;
anoint with power from heaven above
whenever gospel truth is heard.
3 Let darkness, at your coming, light;
confusion, order in your path;
souls without strength inspire with might;
bid mercy triumph over wrath.
4 O, Spirit of the Lord, prepare
the whole round earth its God to meet;
and breathe abroad like morning air,
till hearts of stone begin to beat.
5 Baptize the nations; far and wide
the triumphs of the Cross record;
the name of Christ be glorified;
let every people call him Lord.
Topics: Courage; Faithfulness of God; Holy Spirit; Intercession of the Church; Jesus Christ Lordship; Ministry of God's People; Mission/Sending; Name/s of Jesus; Ordination; Proclamation: Witness; Renewal; Saints Days and Holy Days St Luke; Saints Days and Holy Days St Paul; Witness to Community Scripture: Acts 1:3-11 Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
O Spirit of the living God
Eternal Monarch, King most high
Author: J. M. Neale, 1818-66 Appears in 11 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Eternal Monarch, King most high,
Whose blood hath brought redemption nigh,
By whom the death of Death was wrought
And conquering grace’s battle fought:
2 Ascending to the throne of might,
And seated at the Father’s right,
All power in heaven is Jesu’s own,
That here his manhood had not known.
3 Yea, angels tremble when they see
How changed is our humanity;
That flesh hath purged what flesh had stained,
And God, the flesh of God, hath reigned.
4 Be thou our joy and strong defence,
Who art our future recompense:
So shall the light that springs from thee
Be ours through all eternity.
5 O risen Christ, ascended Lord,
All praise to thee let earth accord,
Who art, while endless ages run,
With Father and with Spirit One.
Amen. Topics: The Christian Year Ascensiontide; Office Hymn Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL Text Sources: Latin, c. 5th century
Eternal Monarch, King most high
O Lord Most High, Eternal King
Author: F. Bland Tucker (1895-1984); John Mason Neale (1818-1866); Laurence Housman (1865-1959) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Easter (season); Ascension and Exaltation Scripture: Psalm 47 Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL Text Sources: Latin 10th cent.?
O Lord Most High, Eternal King
Sing to the Lord a Joyful Song
Author: John S. B. Monsell, 1811-1875 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 97 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Sing to the Lord a joyful song,
Lift up your hearts, your voices raise;
To us his gracious gifts belong,
To him our songs of love and praise.
2 For life and love, for rest and food,
For daily help and nightly care,
Sing to the Lord, for he is good,
And praise his name, for it is fair.
3 For strength to those who on him wait
His truth to prove, his will to do,
Praise we our God, for he is great,
Trust in his name, for it is true.
4 For joys untold, that from above
Cheer those who love his sweet employ,
Sing to our God, for he is love,
Exalt his name, for it is joy.
5 For he is Lord of heav’n and earth,
Whom angels serve and saints adore,
The Father, Son, and Spirit blest,
To whom all praise be now confessed. Topics: Joy; Kingdom; Love of God for Us; Praise; Providence; Song; Thanksgiving; Trust Scripture: Psalm 98 Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
Sing to the Lord a Joyful Song
O Splendor of God's Glory Bright
Author: Ambrose of Milan (c. 340-397); Robert S. Bridges (1844-1930) and others Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 49 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O splendor of God’s glory bright,
From light eternal bringing light;
O Light of life, light’s living spring,
True day, all days illumining.
2 O Thou true Sun, on us Thy glance
Let fall in royal radiance;
The Spirit’s sanctifying beam
Upon our earthly senses stream.
3 O joyful be the passing day
With thoughts as clear as morning’s ray,
With faith like noontide shining bright,
Our souls unshadowed by the night.
4 Dawn’s glory gilds the earth and skies;
Let Him, our perfect morn, arise;
The Father’s help His children claim,
And sing the Father’s glorious name. Amen. Topics: Worship Morning Worship Scripture: Hebrews 1:3 Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
O Splendor of God's Glory Bright
O God of awesome majesty
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 344 hymnals Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
O God of awesome majesty
Fling out the banner! Let it float
Author: G. W. Doane (1799-1859) Appears in 492 hymnals Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
Fling out the banner! Let it float
Lord Christ, who on thy heart
Author: Arnold Thomas, 1848-1924 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Lord Christ, who on thy heart didst bear Lyrics: 1 Lord Christ, who on thy heart didst bear
the burden of our shame and sin,
and now on high dost stoop to share
the fight without, the fear within:
2 Thy patience cannot know defeat,
thy pity will not be denied,
thy loving-kindness still is great,
thy tender mercies still abide.
3 O brother Man, for this we pray,
thou brother Man and sovereign Lord,
that we thy brethren, day by day
may follow thee and keep thy word.
4 That we may care, as thou hast cared,
for sick and lame, for deaf and blind,
and freely share, as thou hast shared,
in all the woes of humankind.
5 That ours may be the holy task
to help and bless, to heal and save;
this is the happiness we ask,
and this the service that we crave.
Amen. Topics: Confirmation; Healing; Lent; Passiontide; Suffering and Sorrow; The Serving Community; The Suffering Community; The Wholeness of Creation; Year A Second Sunday Before Lent Scripture: Psalm 136 Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
Lord Christ, who on thy heart
The eternal gifts of Christ the King
Author: Ambrose of Milan, 340-397 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Holy Days and Various Occasions Apostles Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL Text Sources: Ver.: Hymnal 1940, alt.
The eternal gifts of Christ the King
O Christ, who holds the open gate
Author: John Edward Masefield 1878-1967 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 12 hymnals Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
O Christ, who holds the open gate
O Savior of our fallen race
Author: Gilbert E. Doan, b. 1930 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 6 hymnals Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL Text Sources: Latin, ca. 6th cent.
O Savior of our fallen race
We praise you, Father, for your gift
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Discipleship; Evening; Future hope; Rest Scripture: Psalm 3:5 Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL Text Sources: Community of St Mary's Abbey, West Malling
We praise you, Father, for your gift
These things shall be! a loftier race
Author: J. A. Symonds, 1840-93 Appears in 137 hymnals Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
These things shall be! a loftier race
Forth in Your Name, O Lord, I Go
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 346 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Forth in your name, O Lord, I go
my daily labor to pursue
you only, Lord, resolved to know
in all I think or speak or do.
2 The task your wisdom has assigned
here let me cheerfully fulfill,
in all my work your presence find
and prove your good and perfect will.
3 You may I set at my right hand,
whose eyes my inmost secrets view,
and labor on at your command
and offer all my work to you.
4 Help me to bear your easy yoke,
in every moment watch and pray,
and still to things eternal look
and hasten to that glorious day.
5 Then with delight may I employ
all that your bounteous grace has given,
and run my earthly course with joy,
and closely walk with you to heaven.
Amen.
Topics: Commitment & Dedication; Industry & Labor; Will of God; Close of Worship; Close of Worship; Commitment & Dedication; Industry & Labor; Obedience; Offering; Pilgrimage & Conflct; Will of God Scripture: Psalm 16:8 Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
Forth in Your Name, O Lord, I Go
Our God shall reign where'er the sun
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 1,801 hymnals Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
Our God shall reign where'er the sun
O Sing a New Song to the Lord
Author: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 21 hymnals First Line: O sing a new song to the Lord, Sing, all the earth and bless that Name Lyrics: 1 O sing a new song to the Lord,
Sing, all the earth and bless that Name;
From day to day God's praise record,
The Lord's redeeming grace proclaim.
2 Tell all the world God's wondrous ways,
Tell heathen nations far and near;
Great is the Lord, and great God's praise;
The Lord alone let nations fear.
3 The heathen gods are idols vain;
The shining heavens the Lord supports;
Both light and honor lead the train,
While strength and beauty fill the courts.
4 Let every tongue and every tribe
Give to the Lord due praise and sing;
All glory unto God ascribe,
Come, throng the courts, and offerings bring.
Alleluia! Scripture: Psalm 96 Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
O Sing a New Song to the Lord
O Christ of all the ages, come!
Author: Michael Perry (born 1942) Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Easter The Resurrection of Christ; God's World Years and Seasons; Lent 1, The King and the Kingdom Temptation; Lent 3, The King and the Kingdom Suffering; Lent 5, The King and the Kingdom The Victory of the Cross Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
O Christ of all the ages, come!
O Jesus, Lord of heavenly grace
Author: John Chandler, 1806-1876; Anonymous Appears in 85 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Jesus, Lord of heavenly grace,
thou brightness of thy Father's face,
thou fountain of eternal light,
whose beams disperse the shades of night.
2 Come, holy Sun of heavenly love,
shower down thy radiance from above,
and to our inward hearts convey
the Holy Spirit's cloudless ray.
3 May faith, deep-rooted in the soul,
subdue our flesh, our minds control;
may guile depart and discord cease,
and all within be joy and peace.
4 O hallowed be the approaching day;
let meekness be our morning ray,
and faithful love our noonday light,
and hope our sunset calm and bright.
5 O Christ, with each returning morn,
thine image to our hearts is borne;
oh may we ever clearly see
our Saviour and our God in thee.
Hallelujah. Topics: Faith; Growth in Faith; Light; Morning Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL Text Sources: Anonymous Latin, 4th cent.
O Jesus, Lord of heavenly grace
New every morning is the love
Author: John Keble, 1792-1866 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 362 hymnals Lyrics: 1 New every morning is the love
our wakening and uprising prove;
through sleep and darkness safely brought,
restored to life and power and thought.
2 New mercies, each returning day,
hover around us while we pray;
new perils past, new sins forgiven,
new thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.
3 If on our daily course our mind
be set to hallow all we find,
new treasures still, of countless price,
God will provide for sacrifice.
4 The trivial round, the common task,
will furnish all we ought to ask,
room to deny ourselves, a road
to bring us daily nearer God.
5 Only, O Lord, in thy dear love,
fit us for perfect rest above;
and help us, this and every day,
to live more nearly as we pray. Topics: Morning; Lent II Year B; Lent III Year A Scripture: Hebrews 4:9 Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
New every morning is the love
Blest by the sun, the olive tree
Author: Richard Rutt (1925-2011) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Baptism; Church Year Easter; Healing; Mary; Maundy Thursday; Oils blessing and reception of; Renewal Scripture: Luke 1:31-35 Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL Text Sources: Based on an early Latin hymn
Blest by the sun, the olive tree
Sing to the Lord of heaven and earth
Author: John Samuel Bewley Monsell (1811-1875) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: Sing to the Lord of heaven and earth,
whom angels serve and saints adore,
the Father, Son, and Spirit blest
to whom be praise for evermore. Amen. Scripture: Revelation 7:11 Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
Sing to the Lord of heaven and earth
With Joy I Heard My Friends Exclaim
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 17 hymnals Lyrics: 1 With joy I heard my friends exclaim,
“Come, let us in God’s temple meet";
Within thy gates, O Zion blest,
Shall ever stand our willing feet!
2 How beautiful doth Zion stand,
A city built compact and fair;
The people of the Lord unite
With joy and praise to worship there.
3 They come to learn the will of God,
To pay their vows, God's grace to own,
For there is judgment’s royal seat,
Messiah’s sure and lasting throne.
4 For Zion’s peace let prayer be made;
May all that love thee prosper well!
Within thy walls let peace abide,
And gladness with thy children dwell.
5 For sake of friends and kindred dear,
My heart’s desire is Zion’s peace,
And for the house of God, the Lord,
My loving care shall never cease.
Alleluia!
Topics: Worship Scripture: Psalm 122 Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912; alt.
With Joy I Heard My Friends Exclaim
As Royal Banners Are Unfurled
Author: Venantius Fortunatus (540?-600?); Alan Gaunt (1935-) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 As royal banners are unfurled,
the cross displays its mystery:
the Maker of our flesh, in flesh,
impaled and hanging helplessly.
2 Already deeply wounded: see
his side now riven by a spear,
and all our sins are swept away
by blood and water flowing here.
3 See everything the prophets wrote
fulfilled in its totality,
and tell the nations of the world
our God is reigning from the tree.
4 This tree, ablaze with royal light
and with the blood-red robe it wears,
is hallowed and embellished by
the weight of holiness it bears.
5 Stretched like a balance here, his arms
have gauged the price of wickedness;
but, hanging here, his love outweighs
hell's unforgiving bitterness.
6 The Saviour, victim, sacrifice
is, through his dying glorified;
his life is overcome by death
and leaps up, sweeping death aside.
7 We hail the cross, faith's one true hope:
God's passion set in time and space,
by which our guilt is blotted out,
engulfed in such stupendous grace. Amen. Topics: Holy Week (Good Friday) Scripture: John 18:33-37 Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
As Royal Banners Are Unfurled
Ring Out, Wild Bells
Author: Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1809-1892 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 97 hymnals First Line: Ring out, wild bells, to the wild, wild sky Lyrics: 1 Ring out, wild bells, to the wild, wild sky,
the flying cloud, the frosty light:
the year is dying in the night;
ring out, wild bells, and let it die.
2 Ring out the old, ring in the new,
ring, happy bells, across the snow:
the year is going, let it go;
ring out the false, ring in the true.
3 Ring out the grief that saps the mind
for those that here we see no more;
ring out the feud of rich and poor;
ring in redress to humankind.
4 Ring out false pride in place and blood,
the civic slander and the spite;
ring in the love of truth and right;
ring in the common love of good.
Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Winter; The New Year; Peace and War Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
Ring Out, Wild Bells
The Flaming Banners
Author: John Webster Grant; Venantius. Fortunatus, 530 - 609 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: The flaming banners of our King Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
The Flaming Banners
Come, all who look to God today
Author: Richard G. Jones (b. 1926) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: The Holy Spirit The Church Celebrates - National Life; Unity of Humanity; Visons and Dreams Scripture: John 10:16 Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
Come, all who look to God today
Rejoice, O land, in God thy might
Author: Robert Seymour Bridges, 1844-1930 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 28 hymnals Topics: National and Social Service Queen and Nation Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL Text Sources: Y. H.
Rejoice, O land, in God thy might
Look from Your Sphere of Endless Day
Author: William C. Bryant, 1794-1878 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 173 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Look from your sphere of endless day,
O God of mercy and of might;
In pity look on those who stray
So blindly in this land of light.
2 Send us, your people, Lord, to call
The thoughtless, hardened young and old,
A scattered homeless flock, till all
Are gathered in your peaceful fold.
3 Give us your mighty Word, to speak
Till faith is born and doubts depart,
To awe the bold, to stay the weak,
And bind and heal the broken heart.
4 Then all these wastes, a dreary scene
That makes us sadden as we gaze,
Shall bloom with living waters green
And lift to heav'n the voice of praise.
Amen Topics: Witness; Witness Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
Look from Your Sphere of Endless Day
Jesus, the joy of loving hearts
Author: R. Palmer (1808-1887) Appears in 558 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus, the joy of loving hearts,
true source of life, our lives sustain:
from the best bliss that earth imparts
we turn unfilled to you again.
2 Your truth unchanged has ever stood,
you rescue those who on you call:
to those yet seeking, you are good —
to those who find you, all-in-all.
3 We taste of you, the living bread,
and long to feast upon you still;
we drink from you, the fountain-head,
our thirsty souls from you we fill.
4 Our restless spirits long for you,
whichever way our lot is cast,
glad when your gracious smile we view,
blessed when our faith can hold you fast.
5 Jesus, for ever with us stay,
make all our moments calm and bright;
chase the dark night of sin away,
spread through the world your holy light.
(Amen.) Topics: Easter 1 The Bread of Life; God's Church Holy Communion; The Promise of Redemption Moses Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL Text Sources: the Latin (twelfth century)
Jesus, the joy of loving hearts
The Saviour, when to heaven he rose
Author: Philip Doddridge Appears in 52 hymnals Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
The Saviour, when to heaven he rose
Our Praise We Give
Author: John Coleman Adams, 1849-1922 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 16 hymnals First Line: Our praise we give for harvests earned Lyrics: 1 Our praise we give for harvests earned,
the fruits of labor garnered in;
but praise we more the soil unturned
from which the yield is yet to win.
2 Our praise we give for harbor’s lee,
for moorings safe in waters still;
but more the leagues of open sea,
where favoring gales our canvas fill.
3 Our praise we give for journey’s end,
the inn, all warmth and light and cheer;
but more for length’ning roads that wend
through dust and heat and hilltops clear. Topics: Humanist Teachings The Life of Integrity; Free and Responsible Search for Truth and Meaning; Gratitude; Paradox and Ambiguity Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
Our Praise We Give
