Fling Out The Banner!

George Washington Doane

6 Verses Missionary Call

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Verse 3

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

Verse 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.

Verse 5

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

Verse 6

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.