Thursday, August 17, 2017

I Didn't Speak Up






In Germany, the Nazis came for the communist and
I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then
they came for the Jews and I didn't speak up because
I wasn't a Jew.  Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I did not speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak
up because I was a Protestant.  Then they came
for me, and by that time there was no one
left to speak for me.
"I Didn't Speak Up"
Martin Niemoeller







Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller
1892-1984






 Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus

Stand up, stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross;
Lift high His royal banner, it must not suffer loss.
From victory unto victory His army shall He lead,
Till every foe is vanquished, and Christ is Lord, indeed.

Stand up, stand up, for Jesus, the solemn watchword hear;
If while ye sleep He suffers, away with shame and fear;
Where 'er yet meet with evil, within you or without,
Charge for the God of battles, and put the foe to rout.

Stand up, stand up, for Jesus, the trumpet call obey;
Forth to the mighty conflict, in this His glorious day.
Ye that are brave now serve Him against unnumbered foes;
Let courage rise with danger, and strength to strength oppose.

Stand up, stand up for Jesus, stand in His strength alone;
The arm of flesh will fail you, ye dare not trust your own.
Put on the Gospel armor, each piece put on with prayer;
Where duty calls or danger, be never wanting there.

Stand up, stand up for Jesus, each soldier to his post,
Close up the broken column, and shout through all the host:
Make good the loss so heavy, in those that still remain,
And prove to all around you that death itself is gain.

Stand up, stand up for Jesus, the strife will not be long;
This day the noise of battle, the next the victor's song.
To those who vanquish evil a crown of life shall be;
They with the King of Glory shall reign eternally.

Words by George Duffield Jr.
(1858)
Music by George J. Webb
(1830)











"For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood,
 contending only with physical opponents,
 but against despotisms, against the powers,
against the master spirits who are
 the world rulers of this present darkness,
against the spirit forces of wickedness 
in the heavenly, supernatural sphere."
Ephesian 6:12
(Amplified Bible)




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