Words: William Pierson Merrill (1911)
Music: William H. Walter (1894)
[Verse 1]
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Rise up, O men of God!
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Have done with lesser things;
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Give heart and soul and mind and strength
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To serve the King of kings.
[Verse 2]
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Rise up, O men of God!
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His king-dom tarries long;
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Bring in the day of brother-hood
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And end the night of wrong.
[Verse 3]
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Rise up, O men of God!
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The church for you doth wait,
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Her strength un-e - qual to her task.
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Rise up, and make her great!
[Verse 4]
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Lift high the cross of Christ!
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Tread where His feet have trod;
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As brothers of the Son of Man,
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Rise up, O men of God!