Rise up, O men of God! - William Pierson Merrill

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 12 June 2007, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).

1. RISE-UP, GOD HIS-rt PEOPLE.
WORTHLESS THINGS SET-ASIDE.
USE HEART, SOUL, MIND, AND STRENGTH
SERVE OUR KING SUPREME.

2. RISE-UP, GOD HIS-rt PEOPLE.
GROUP-TOGETHER UNITED ACT.
[or WE WAIT HIS-rt KINGDOM LONG TIME.]
TIME ARRIVE LIVE TOGETHER IDEA~LIKE BROTHER~SISTER.
DARK TIME-PERIOD UP-TO-NOW END MUST.

3. RISE-UP, GOD HIS-rt PEOPLE.
CHURCH WAIT FOR (2h)YOU READY ACT.
CHURCH SUCCEED WITHOUT (2h)YOU CAN'T.
RISE-UP AND MAKE CHURCH GREAT.

4. RISE-UP, GOD HIS-rt PEOPLE.
[or CHRIST HIS-lf CROSS cross-LIFT-UP HIGH.]
WALK PLACE HE-lf VISIT FINISH.
LIKE ADAM HIS-rt SON BROTHER,
RISE-UP, GOD HIS-rt PEOPLE.


Notes: RISE-UP - (2h)[B], POs down, FOs away, lower slightly, supinate, and rise up.

SET-ASIDE - (2h)[B], POs > DS, with DH higher, palms are pressed against imaginary wall that is pushed to one side.

SUPREME - (2h)[A], FOs away, DH starts below NDH and arcs around it until it is on top.

GROUP-TOGETHER - (2h)[C], POs ><, FOs away, hands are brought together as if pushing people/things together into a group.

UNITED - COOPERATE.

ACT - DO.

KINGDOM - KING + [5], PO down, FO away, circles horizontally. For an animated gif of this sign, see Valley Bible Church - ASL dictionary: Kingdom.

TIME-PERIOD - [T], PO > NDS, FO up, travels in a vertical plane parallel to the NDH and makes contact with NDH [B], PO > DS, FO away. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Period - Time.

(2h)YOU - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.

cross-LIFT-UP - Mime grasping a cross at its foot and lifting it up.

ADAM - [A] taps DS temple with thumb tip 2x.

Lyrics:

1. Rise up, O men of God!
Have done with lesser things.
Give heart and soul and mind and strength
To serve the King of Kings.

2. Rise up, O men of God,
In one united throng.
[or 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. Rise up, O men of God!
[or 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!

treble clef as a symbol for musicTo hear a musical setting of these lyrics (without words), go to Oremus hymnal: Rise up, O men of God!

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