Judges 5:23Curse ye Meroz,
said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
Words: Jennie W. Howell, in His Worthy Praise, edited by Edmund S. Lorenz & Ira B. Wilson (Dayton, Ohio: Lorenz Publishing, 1915), number 72.
Music: Carrie B. Adams, 1898 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Howell (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels), or a better one of Adams,
Arise! To the help of the Lord,
arise!
All ye who love Him, the simple and wise;
He bids you to labor, to list to His call:
To the help of the Lord
Come now, great and small!
Refrain
To the help of the Lord arise, arise!
Ye who believe in His holy, holy Word;
Ye who have tested His cleansing power;
Arise at His call this very hour.
Go forth! To the help of the Lord,
go forth!
Souls are in travail and seek the new birth;
The harvest is ready, the fields are all white;
Go ye forth! go ye forth, ere cometh the night!
To the help of the Lord arise, arise!
Leaning for strength
On His own sure Word, sure Word;
Use every talent and every power;
Arise and go forth this very hour.
Arouse! for the sound of the trumpet’s blast
Soon will give warning, and day will be past;
With truth be ye girded;
Now take sword and shield;
To the work! to the work!
Oh, faint not, nor yield!
To the help of the Lord arise, arise!
Led by His hand
And His own sure Word, sure Word;
Burnish your armor, withhold no power;
Arise at His call this very hour.