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. 2. Rise up, O men of God! His kingdom tarries long; Bring in the day of brotherhood And end the night of wrong. 3. Rise up, O men of God! The Church for you doth wait, Her strength unequal to her task: Rise up and make her great! 4. 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!
Lyrics: William Pierson Merrill
Music: William Henry Walter
Tune: FESTAL SONG
Meter: S.M.
William P. Merrill, 1867–1954
The author of this hymn text, William Pierson Merrill, was a Presbyterian minister. He served churches in Philadelphia and Chicago, and he pastored the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York until his retirement in 1938. Merrill wrote “Rise Up, O Men of God!” especially for the brotherhood movement within the Presbyterian churches in 1911.