William Merrill
(1867-1954)
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
Ezekiel 22:30 KJV
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!1
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!
- This first stanza is quoted by Jim Kerwin in The Angel and the Speechless Priest Prophesy. ↩
