Fling Out the Banner!

1Fling out the banner! let it float Skyward and seaward, high and wide;
Our glory only in the cross;
Our only hope, the Crucified.

2Fling out the banner! angels bend In anxious silence o'er the sign,
And vainly seek to comprehend The wonder of the love divine.

3Fling out the banner! sinsick souls,
That sink and perish in the strife,
Shall touch in faith its radiant hem,
And spring immortal into life.

4Fling 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.