The Church Hymnal ‎#253c

253c. 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!

6 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.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Fling out the banner! let it float
• Author: G. W. Doane
• Meter: L.M.
• Publication Date: 1894
• Topic: Epiphany; Processionals: Missions

Tune Information

• Name: MELANESIA
• Composer: S. Smith
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: E Major