Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary ‎#504

504. 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 Savior 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! 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
• Title: Fling Out the Banner! Let It Float
• Author: G. W. Doane, 1799-1859
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: Trinity 19
• Notes: Hymn text, suggested tune DEO GRACIAS

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