Hymns for the Living Church ‎#490

490. 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 Savior died.

2 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.

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!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Fling out the banner! let it float
• Title: Fling Out the Banner! Let It Float
• Author: George W. Doane (1848)
• Meter: L.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1974
• Scripture:
  Psalm 60:4
  ;
  1 Corinthians 1:23

Tune Information

• Name: WALTHAM
• Composer: John B. Calkin (1872)
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: D Major