RISE UP, O MEN OF GOD
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust
destroy, and where thieves break in and steal." Matthew 6:19
Words: William Pierson Merrill, 1911; first published in the
Presbyterian newspaper The Continent.
Music: "Festal Song," William Henry Walter, 1894.
Rise up, O men of God!
Have done with lesser things.
Give heart and mind and soul and strength
To serve the King of kings.
Rise up, O men of God!
The kingdom tarries long.
Bring in the day of brotherhood
And end the night of wrong.
Rise up, O men of God!
The church for you doth wait,
Her strength unequal to her task;
Rise up and make her great!
Lift high the cross of Christ!
Tread where His feet have trod.
As brothers of the Son of Man,
Rise up, O men of God!