Raise, Raise the Ensign

Great

and high

and ho­ly

Lord

Heav’n and earth are full of Thee;

Spread abroad Thy pre­cious word

Let the world Thy glo­ry see.

Raise

raise the en­sign far

far and wide

Out over mount­ain

hill and plain!

Tell

tell of Christ

the Cru­ci­fied

Bring all the world to own His reign!

Why in dark­ness

still and deep

Should the hea­then na­tions lie

Afric’s strick­en daugh­ters weep

India’s sons no light des­cry?

May Thy Spir­it pierce the gloom

Scatter night and mist afar;

Save the hea­then from their doom

By the ris­ing Morn­ing Star.