Sunday, May 29, 2011

Rise Up, O Men of God!

Rise Up, O Men of God!
William Merrill

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!

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Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. --Matthew 6:19

1 comment:

Cheryl said...

Especially love the line "Have done with lesser things."
I think that we cannot fully serve the King of Kings unless we have rejected the lesser things.