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There's A Royal Banner

Words:
El Nathan, vs. 3 by L. O. Sanderson
Music:
James McGranahan

Sheet music

  1. 1There’s a royal banner given for displayTo the soldiers of the King;As an ensign fair we lift it up today,While as ransomed ones we sing.Marching on! marching on!(Marching on and on! Marching on and on!)For Christ count ev’rything but loss,(For Christ count ev’rything, ev’rything but loss,)For the King of kings, toil and sing(For the King of kings, we’ll toil and sing)‘Neath the banner of the cross!(Beneath the banner of the cross!)
  2. 2Tho’ the foe may rage and gather as the flood,Let the standard be dis-played,And beneath its folds, as soldiers of the Lord,For the truth be not dismayed!Marching on! marching on!(Marching on and on! Marching on and on!)For Christ count ev’rything but loss,(For Christ count ev’rything, ev’rything but loss,)For the King of kings, toil and sing(For the King of kings, we’ll toil and sing)‘Neath the banner of the cross!(Beneath the banner of the cross!)
  3. 3Over land and sea, wherever man may dwell,Make the glorious tidings known;Of the crimson banner now the story tell,While the Lord shall claim His own.Marching on! marching on!(Marching on and on! Marching on and on!)For Christ count ev’rything but loss,(For Christ count ev’rything, ev’rything but loss,)For the King of kings, toil and sing(For the King of kings, we’ll toil and sing)‘Neath the banner of the cross!(Beneath the banner of the cross!)
  4. 4When the glory dawns– ‘tis drawing very near–It is hast’ning day by day–Then before our King the foe shall disappear,And the cross the world shall sway!Marching on! marching on!(Marching on and on! Marching on and on!)For Christ count ev’rything but loss,(For Christ count ev’rything, ev’rything but loss,)For the King of kings, toil and sing(For the King of kings, we’ll toil and sing)‘Neath the banner of the cross!(Beneath the banner of the cross!)

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1884, the words are in 186 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.

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