The royal banner is unfurled

Verse 1

The royal banner is unfurled, The cross is reared on high, On which the Saviour of the world Is stretched in agony.

Verse 2

See! through His holy hands and feet The cruel nails they drive: Our ransom thus is made complete, Our souls are saved alive.

Verse 3

And see! the spear that pierced His side, And shed that sacred flood, That holy reconciling tide, The water and the blood.

Verse 4

Hail, holy cross! from thee we learn The only way to heaven: And O, to Thee may sinners turn, And look, and be forgiven!

Verse 5

Jehovah, we Thy name adore In Thee we will rejoice, And sing, till time shall be no more The triumphs of the cross.

Verse 6

AMEN.