Lutheran Service Book ‎#455

455. The Royal Banners Forward Go

1 The royal banners forward go;
The cross shows forth redemption's flow,
Where He, by whom our flesh was made,
Our ransom in His flesh has paid:

2 Where deep for us the spear was dyed,
Life's torrent rushing from His side,
To wash us in the precious flood
Where flowed the water and the blood.

3 Fulfilled is all that David told
In sure prophetic song of old.
That God the nations' king should be
And reign in triumph from the tree.

4 On whose hard arms, so widely flung,
The weight of this world's ransom hung,
The price of humankind to pay
And spoil the spoiler of his prey.

5 O Tree of beauty, tree most fair,
Ordained those holy limbs to bear:
Gone is thy shame, each crimsoned bough
Proclaims the King of Glory now.

6 To Thee, eternal Three in One,
Let homage meet by all be done;
As by the cross Thou dost restore,
So guide and keep us evermore.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: The royal banners forward go
• Title: The Royal Banners Forward Go
• Author: Venantius Honorius Fortunatus, c. 530-609
• Translator (st. 1-4): John Mason Neale, 1818-66 (alt.)
• Meter: L M
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2006
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 11:10-12
  ;
  1 Peter 2:24
  ;
  Matthew 20:28
• Topic: Holy Cross Day
• Source: The Hymnal 1982, Tr. sts. 5-6

Tune Information

• Name: VEXILLA REGIS NOVA
• Composer: Paul D. Weber, b. 1949
• Meter: L M
• Incipit: 34665 43432 14453
• Key: e minor
• Copyright: © 2003 Paul D. Weber