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Rise Up O Church of God

Lyrics by
William Pierson Merrill (1911)
Music by
William Henry Walter (1894)
Tune
FESTAL SONG · 8.7.8.7.D
Scripture
1 Corinthians 12:12-27
Verse 1
Rise up, O men of God!
His kingdom tarries long.
Bring in the day of brotherhood
And end the night of wrong.
Verse 2
Let women all rise up!
Have done with lesser things.
Give heart and mind and soul and strength
To serve the King of kings.
Verse 3
Rise up, courages youth!
The church for you doth wait,
Her strength unequal to her task;
Rise up, and make her great!
Verse 4
Lift high the cross of Christ!
Tread where His feet have trod.
Disciples of the Son of man,
Rise up, O church of God!

Merrill's 1911 text set to Walter's tune calls the Church to rise and fulfill its redemptive mission in the world.