O Church, Shape Up! Stand Up! Speak Up!

A church once stood for truth and right;
To have it preached was its delight;
But things today are not the same;
Alas! Has all gone down the drain?

That church is now an empty shell;
Poured out is truth it would not tell;
Its message now has lost its ring,
As with the world it has its fling.

O church, shape up! And be yourself;
Standup; speak up, for we’re not deaf;
Again speak up with certain sound;
The word of truth and right expound!

—James E. Gibbons, The Sword and Staff