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.

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!

Author: William Pierson Merrill

Year: 1911

This is the standard and most widely published version of the text; it is firmly attributed to Merrill. (An earlier, longer 1908 version by S. Ralph Harlow exists but differs substantially in wording and is not the text given here.)