GRH 523 Fling Out the Banner

(1)
Fling out the banner! Let it float
Skyward and seaward, high and wide;
The sun shall light 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, gath’ring at the call,
Their spirits kindle 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.