Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: The Christian banner dread no loss
Topic: The Gospel Proclamation
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: G Coles
Meter: LM
Tune: Duane Street
Hymn Number: 190
Page Number: 073, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe Christian banner! dread no loss
Where that broad ensign floats unrolled;
But let the fair and sacred cross
Blaze out from ev'ry radiant fold:
Stern foes arise, a coutless throng,
Loud as the storms of Kara's sea,
But though the strife be fierce and long,
That cross shall wave in victory.
Sound the shrill trumpet, sound, an call
The people of the mighty King,
And bid them keep that standard all
In martial thousands gathering:
Let them come forth from every clime
That lies beneath the circling sun,
Various, as flowers in that sweet clime
Where flowers are, in heart, but one.
Soldiers of heaven! take sword and shield,
Look up to him who rules on high,
And forward to the glorious field
Where noble martyrs bleed and die;
Press onward, scorning flight or fear,
As deep waves burst on Norway's coast,
And let the startled nations hear
The war-shout of the Christian host.
Lift up the banner: rest no more,
Nor let this righteous warfare cease,
Till man's last tribe shall bow before
The Lord of lords--the Prince of Peace.
Go, bear it forth, ye strong and brave;
Let not those bright folds once be furled
Till that high sun shall see them wave
Above a blest but conquered world.