His banner over me was love.
Song of Solomon 2:4
Words: W. H. McNamee, in Brightest and Best, by Robert Lowry & W. Howard Doane (New York: Biglow & Main, 1875), number 66.
Music: Robert Lowry (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know McNamee’s full name, or where to get a good photo of him (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
We’re marching in the army
With shield and banner bright;
Joyfully sing as we’re going
To Canaan’s happy city
Of glory and of light,
Where love from the fountain is flowing;
To Jesus our Savior
Glad voices we’ll raise,
A song of salvation,
Sweet anthems of praise,
To Him who hath saved us,
The Ancient of Days,
Jesus our blessèd Redeemer.
A feast of love is Jesus,
A banquet of delight;
Joyfully sing as we’re going;
The city of His dwelling
Is bathed in glory bright,
Where love from the fountain is flowing;
Before Him we’ll worship,
Upon Him we’ll gaze,
And stand in the beautiful
Courts of His praise,
With Him who hath saved us,
The Ancient of Days,
Jesus our blessèd Redeemer.
O jasper walls of Zion,
Thou city ever fair!
Joyfully sing as we’re going;
Beyond the Jordan’s rolling
Thy beauty we shall share,
Where love from the fountain is flowing;
At home with our Savior,
In joy and in praise,
With voices angelic,
Hosannas we’ll raise
To Him who hath saved us,
The Ancient of Days,
Jesus our blessèd Redeemer.