Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary 504. Fling out the banner! let it float

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Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary‎#504

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Text:	Fling Out the Banner! Let It Float
Author:	G. W. Doane, 1799-1859

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! 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
Title:	Fling Out the Banner! Let It Float
Author:	G. W. Doane, 1799-1859
Meter:	LM
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1996
Topic:	Trinity 19
Notes:	Hymn text, suggested tune DEO GRACIAS