Brightly gleams our ban­ner, point­ing to the sky,
Waving on Christ’s sol­diers to their home on high.
Marching through the de­sert,
Gladly thus we pray,
Still with hearts unit­ed, singing on our way.

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Brightly gleams our ban­ner, point­ing to the sky,
Waving on Christ’s sol­diers to their home on high.

Pattern of our child­hood, once Thy­self a child,
Make our child­hood ho­ly, pure and meek and mild.
In the hour of dan­ger
Whither can we flee,
Save to Thee, dear Sav­ior, only un­to Thee?

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Jesus, Lord and Mas­ter, at Thy sacr­ed feet,
Here, with hearts re­joic­ing, see Thy child­ren meet.
Often have we left Thee,
Often gone as­tray;
Keep us, mighty Sav­ior, in the nar­row way.

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All our days di­rect us in the way we go;
Lead us on vic­to­ri­ous over ev­ery foe:
Bid Thine an­gels shield us
When the storm clouds low­er,
Pardon, Lord, and save us in the last dread hour.

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Then with saints and an­gels may we join above,
Offering pray­ers and prais­es at Thy throne of love.
When the toil is ov­er,
Then comes rest and peace,
Jesus in His beau­ty! Songs that ne­ver cease!

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