God’s Trumpet Wakes the Slumbering World

God’s trum­pet wakes the slum­ber­ing world;

Now each man to his post!

The red cross ban­ner is un­furled;

Who joins the glo­ri­ous host?

Who joins the glo­ri­ous host?

He who

in feal­ty to the truth

Not count­ing all the cost

Doth con­se­crate his gen­er­ous youth

He joins the no­ble host

He joins the no­ble host.

He who

no an­ger on his tongue

Nor any idle boast

Bears stead­fast wit­ness ’gainst the wrong

He joins the sac­red host

He joins the sac­red host.

He who

with calm

un­daunt­ed will

Ne’er counts the bat­tle lost

But

though de­feat­ed

bat­tles still

He joins the faith­ful host

He joins the faith­ful host.

He who is rea­dy for the cross

The cause des­pised loves most

And shuns not pain

nor shame

nor loss

He joins the mar­tyr host

He joins the mar­tyr host.

God’s trum­pet wakes the slum­ber­ing world;

Now each man to his post!

The red cross ban­ner is un­furled;

We join the glo­ri­ous host

We join the glo­ri­ous host.