Lift the banner of the cross,

Bear it onward day by day;

Till the mighty pow’rs of

Wrong are downward hurled.

Let it grandly, proudly wave

With the message, Christ can save;

Lift it higher till it circles all the world.

Lift the banner of the cross,

Till it shines o’er ev’ry land;

Let its fold of beauty

Never more be furl’d.

Till the darken’d isles shall sing of

Immanuel their King;

Lift it higher till it circles all the world.

Lift the banner of the cross,

Till it shines o’er ev’ry land;

Speed the day when all shall see

Its fold unfurled.

Let it float from sea to sea,

Till all lands in Christ are free;

Lift it higher till it circles all the world.