Scripture Verse

Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Psalm 60:4

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in The Abridged Aca­de­my Song-Book, by Charles H. Le­ver­more (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Ginn, 1903).

Music: R. Hunt­ing­ton Wood­man (🔊 pdf nwc).

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R. Huntington Woodman
(1861–1943)

Lyrics

The Chris­tian flag! be­hold it,
And hail it with a song,
And let the voice of mill­ions
The joy­ful strain pro­long,
To ev­ery clime and na­tion,
We send it forth to­day;
God speed its glo­ri­ous mis­sion,
With ear­nest hearts we pray.

Refrain

The Chris­tian Flag! be­hold it,
And hail it with a song,
And let the voice of mill­ions
The joy­ful strain pro­long.

The Chris­tian flag! un­furl it,
That all the world may see
The blood­stained cross of Je­sus,
Who died to make us free.
The Chris­tian flag! un­furl it,
And o’er and o’er again,
Oh! may it bear the mes­sage,
Good will and peace to men.

Refrain

The Chris­tian flag! God bless it!
Now throw it to the breeze,
And may it wave tri­um­phant
O’er land and dis­tant seas,
Till all the wide cre­ation
Upon its folds shall gaze,
And all the world unit­ed,
Our lov­ing Sav­ior praise.

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