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The royal banners forward go,

The cross shines forth

in mystic glow;

Where he is in flesh,

our flesh who made,

Our sentence bore,

our ransom paid.

John Mason Neale (1818 – 1866)

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There whilst he hung,

his sacred side

By soldiers spear was opened wide,

To cleanse us in t

he precious flood

Of water mingled

with his blood.

John Mason Neale (1818 – 1866)

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Fulfilled is now what David told

In true prophetic song of old,

How God the sinner’s

king should be;

For God is reigning

from the tree.

John Mason Neale (1818 – 1866)

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O tree of glory,

tree most fair,

Ordained those holy limbs to bear,

How bright in

purple robe it stood,

The purple of a

Saviour’s blood.

John Mason Neale (1818 – 1866)

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To thee, eternal

Three in One,

Let homage meet by all be done,

As by the cross

thou dost restore,

So rule and guide us

evermore.

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John Mason Neale (1818 – 1866)

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