Brightly Gleams Our Banner
- Words:
- T. J. Potter
- Music:
- Sir Arthur S. Sullivan
Sheet music
- 1Brightly gleams our banner,Pointing to the sky,Waving on Christ’s soldiersTo their home on high.Marching thru 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 soldiersTo their home on high.
- 2Jesus, 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.Brightly gleams our banner,Pointing to the sky,Waving on Christ’s soldiersTo their home on high.
- 3All our days direct usIn the way we go;Lead us on victoriousOver ev’ry foe;Bid Thine angels shield usWhen the storm-clouds lower;Pardon, Lord, and save usFrom temptation’s pow’r.Brightly gleams our banner,Pointing to the sky,Waving on Christ’s soldiersTo their home on high.
- 4Then with saints and angelsMay we join above,Off’ring prayers and praisesAt Thy throne of love;When the toil is over,Then come rest and peace,Jesus in His beauty,Songs that never cease.Brightly gleams our banner,Pointing to the sky,Waving on Christ’s soldiersTo their home on high.
- 5Brightly gleams our banner,Pointing to the sky,Waving on Christ’s soldiersTo their home on high.Amen.Brightly gleams our banner,Pointing to the sky,Waving on Christ’s soldiersTo their home on high.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1860, the words are in 429 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.