Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#315

315. 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! 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
• Author: George Washington Doane, 1799 - 1859
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: The Church Year: Epiphany; The Church Year: Holy Week; Church Life and Work: The Propagation of the Gospel

Tune Information

• Name: WALTHAM
• Composer: John Baptiste Calkin, 1827 - 1905
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: D Major