O men of God, arise! The Lord

1.

O men of God, arise! The Lord

Has given thee in His wondrous Word

Great promises of mighty signs to ratify the sacred lines

Of His Salvation’s perfect plan

As thou dost preach to fallen man

2.

If He, the Lord of Glory, need

Arresting sign and glowing deed

Credentials of Messiahship

Thy helpless hand and faltering lip

Must surely share an equal flame

To blazon forth Messiah’s Name

3.

These signs shall follow them, He saith

Who speak His word in simple faith

They shall with heaven’s authority

Bid foul tormenting spirits flee

They shall in other tongues speak things

Beyond the range of finite wings.

4.

So spake they after Pentecost

High myst’ries of the Holy Ghost

They shall the fearsome serpent tame

And bind its venom in His Name

If any deadly thing they take

It shall not hurt them, for His sake.

5.

Upon the sick they shall lay, hands

Who shall arise from Satan’s bands

Leaving their fev’rous beds of pain

To leap like youngling harts again

O men of God! These signs must be

As Christ’s authority to thee.

6.

There is no other way! The Word

Not heav’n-confirmed must fall unheard

For wondrous act and mighty sign

Are still the Saviour’s own design

To wing His message to each heart

And bid the pow’rs of hell depart.