Tune: FESTAL SONG
Words: William P. Merrill, 1909, alt.
Music: Louis Bourgeois, 1551; harm. William Crotch, 1836
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VERSE 1:
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.
VERSE 2:
Rise up, O men of God!
The kingdom tarries long.
Proclaim the gospel to the world
And turn your grief to song.
VERSE 3:
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!
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.
VERSE 2:
Rise up, O men of God!
The kingdom tarries long.
Proclaim the gospel to the world
And turn your grief to song.
VERSE 3:
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!