Brightly Gleams Our Banner

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.

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?

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.

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.

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!