Hymn
Fling Out the Banner! Let It Float
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.
Fling out the banner! angels bend
In anxious silence o'er the sign,
And vainly seek to comprehend
The wonder of the love Divine.
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.
Fling out the banner! let it float
Skyward and seaward, high and wide;
Our glory, only in the cross;
Our only hope, the Crucified!
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.
Fling Out the Banner! Let It Float — Text from Hallowed Hymns, New and Old, 1908. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/fling-out-the-banner-let-it-float
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Fling Out the Banner! Let It Float?
The words of Fling Out the Banner! Let It Float were written by George Washington Doane; the version here was published in 1908.
Is Fling Out the Banner! Let It Float public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Hallowed Hymns, New and Old, published in 1908. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of Fling Out the Banner! Let It Float?
Fling Out the Banner! Let It Float is in Long Metre (8.8.8.8). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, The Beatitudes, All Praise to Thee, Eternal Lord and In the Sanctuary.