Set the Trumpet to Your Mouth

Let us rise up in Christ early

   To the warning trumpet blasting

Let us take up shield and buckler

   To the battle that’s now raising

Let us not be slow nor fearful

   Knowing that our Savior’s with us

Let us take the enemy’s ramparts

   And to God be all the glory

Come and be in God’s pure army

   With its standard High and Holy

Come to Christ whose blood’s atoning

   All the sins that keep one stumbling

Come to His life and die daily

   To the self-life that’s corrupting

Come to the peace in resurrection

   Of the new man God’s creating

Turn your ear to counsel worthy

   Walk assured by faith that's pleasing

Turn your feet to walk uprightly

   On the highway that leads to Zion

Turn your hands to works enduring

   The holy fires of God's testing

Turn your eyes and come up higher

   On the eagle's wings God gives you

Be in Him an over-comer

   Trampling under foot the devil

Be in Him ascended and seated

   On His throne with Him forever

Be victorious o'er over death and Satan

   Wear the crown of life He gives you

Be a conqueror in His army

   Speaking righteous words of healing

Put away all that God exposes

   Of the old man’s ways of thinking

Put on the mind of Christ our Savior

   Press to the mark of His high calling

Put down all that is high minded

   And take captive all thoughts to Jesus

Put on the garments of high praise

   To destroy despair and failure

Yield everything in life to Jesus

   For He’s the captain of our salvation

Yield your fears and every problem

   Cast on Him your cares and burdens

Yield as the clay to the great potter

   So He can mold you as He pleases

Yield to the gentle shepherd Jesus

   Who like us was in all ways tempted

Knowing that by faith we’re living

   In Him we live and have our being

Knowing that the Lord’s our portion

   That all true riches in Him are hidden

Knowing that He said, "It is finished"

   Now we proclaim this very message

Knowing that He alone is worthy

   To receive all praise, honor, and glory

Now we are in Him complete

   But not by works that we are doing

Now we live by faith abiding

   In His very glorious presence

Now we have all that is needed

   To live this life without spot or wrinkle

Now we endure with expectation

   To see His face, blameless at His coming

Thomas G Walsh 1982