Scripture Verse

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13

Introduction

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Isaac Meredith (1872–1962)

Words: Sam­uel J. Dun­can-Clark, in Pre­cious Jew­els of Sac­red Song, ed­it­ed by W. How­ard Doane (Lou­is­ville, Ken­tuc­ky, World Pub­lish­ing, 1905).

Music: Lo­re­to Isa­ac H. Me­re­dith, 1910 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Dun­can-Clark (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Shout aloud the stir­ring sum­mons
O’er the land from sea to sea,
Men are want­ed, men of cour­age
For the Man of Ga­li­lee.
O, Thou Man of Ga­li­lee!
Thou who died to set men free,
We will fol­low on­ly Thee,
Blessèd Man of Ga­li­lee!

Men are want­ed, men of pur­pose,
Men of high or low de­gree,
Each to be a fel­low work­er
With the Man of Ga­li­lee.
O, Thou Man of Ga­li­lee!
In the fight to set men free,
We will fol­low on­ly Thee,
Glorious Man of Ga­li­lee!

From the count­ing-house and col­lege,
From the forge and fac­to­ry,
Lo, there throngs a loy­al le­gion
For the Man of Ga­li­lee.
O, Thou Man of Ga­li­lee!
We will fol­low on­ly Thee,
In a life of faith and ser­vice,
Blessèd Man of Ga­li­lee!

Onward! are His march­ing or­ders,
He who leads to vic­to­ry,
Onward! till the world is tak­en
For the Man of Ga­li­lee.
O, Thou Man of Ga­li­lee!
We will fol­low on­ly Thee,
O, Thou fear­less, peer­less Lead­er,
Glorious Man of Ga­li­lee!