
Author: George W. Doane Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #188 (1904) First Line: Fling out the banner! Let it float Lyrics: 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! Sin-sick souls,
That sink and perish in the strife,
Shall touch in faith its radiant hem,
And spring immortal into life.
5 Fling out the banner! Let it float
Skyward and seaward, high and wide;
Our glory, only in the cross;
Our holy hope, the Crucified. Tune Title: [Camden]
Fling Out the Banner