Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Fling out the banner let it float
Topic: Christian/Cross
Writer: G Doane
Composer: George Kingsley
Meter: LM
Tune: Ware
Hymn Number: 108
Page Number: 042, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFLING 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.
Fling out the banner; angels bend,
In anxious silence, o'er the sign,
And vainly seek to comprehend
The wonder of the love divine.
Fling out the banner; let it float
Skyward and seaward, high and wide-
Our glory, only in the cross;
Our only hope, the Crucified.
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.