The Morning Star ‎#57

57. The gospel banner

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! heathen bend
In anxious silence, o'er the sign;
And vainly seek to comprehend
The wonder of the love divine.

3 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.

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.

Text Information

• First Line: Fling out the banner! let it float
• Title: The gospel banner
• Publication Date: 1877

Tune Information

• Name: [Fling out the banner! let it float]
• Key: B♭ Major