Awake and Arise Oh America!
by Blayne Sukut
October 8, 1996
Oh America, I lament over thee,
for thou has embraced evil --
from the crime in the streets
to the cry of the unborn,
from the common laborer
to the highest echelons of government.
Why hast thou gone astray,
why has thou abandoned
the holy cause of freedom?
From the dawn of freedom
when are forefathers lit the torch of freedom
and shed their blood
and gave their lives
that we might stand long and tall,
it has been our duty
to keep the torch burning bright.
If the price of freedom
is eternal vigilance
then we are far past due
and owe interest on the debt.
May the Lord God of Host
have mercy on us,
may he forgive us,
may he again bless us,
may he help us.
Awake and arise, oh America.
Repent ye, repent ye,
and shake off the dust
of thy reproach.
Break the chains that shackle thee.
Put on the beautiful garments of thy heritage,
even the heritage of Liberty;
and the God of host shall
smile on thee again;
and the flames of freedom
shall fan again on thee.
Can ye think
to sit back in your ease
while the light of Liberty
grows ever dim?
Can you in the government
sit on your thrones
and think
that you can oppress the hireling
and make merry
while you live off the fruit
of an other's labor?
Shall the Lord God of host sit back
and let you who claim
to be leaders of the people
extinguish the flames of Liberty?
Nay; but he will raise up
a mighty people,
a remnant, willing to die
for the cause of Liberty;
and he will smite you
except you repent.
I beseech you.
Repent and stand up
for Freedom and Liberty
and Honor and integrity,
or resign your posts
for you are not worthy to stand
as leaders of this great nation
except you repent.
Oh for a Patrick Henry.
Oh for a George Washington!
I invoke the Name of the God of heaven upon us
that he may pour out the spirit
of our forefathers upon us
even the Spirit of freedom and Liberty.
May the Patrick Henry's
and George Washington's among us
awake and arise
and step forward to their callings,
for the God of host hath called them
to the cause of Liberty,
for it is a holy and just cause.
We must step forward now.
Shall we grow stronger if we wait?
Have our cries been heard?
Have our petitions been granted?
Have our decrees been followed?
No.
They have been mired in the courts,
mocked and ridiculed in the medias,
and violently prevented
by those who have sworn to protect our liberty.
Will the time be better
if we let the encroachments continue?
Shall we wait
until there is a BATF agent stationed in every house,
or until we are completely disarmed?
Can we sit back in our ease
and expect that all will right itself?
Nay we must fight.
As Patrick Henry of old said
on the dawn of our freedom:
We must fight,
we must fight!!
We shall do it
PEACEFULLY IF WE CAN,
BUT BY FORCE IF WE MUST!!
Can any among us say
that we are returning to the paths
of freedom and Liberty?
Our chains are already forged.
Is Life so sweet
that we will accept it
in chains and slavery?
Then let us pledge ourselves
to the holy cause of Freedom and Liberty;
and that we shall never rest
until it is accomplished.
And if we must die in the cause,
then all is well;
and we shall go to our rests.
I call upon all good Americans
who believe in freedom
and love Liberty;
yet know its bounds --
who believe in honor
and virtue
and integrity.
We must do more than we ever have.
We must go forward in this just and holy cause.
We cannot sit back any longer;
for those who are not willing
to pledge their sacred honor
and sacrifice their all,
are not worthy
and shall not have their liberty.
Let us fight the good fight.
Let us go forward for our God,
for our Wives,
and for our Children
and our Country,
and for our Children’s future.
To those who know not the God of Host
I say to you:
if you believe in Freedom and Liberty
but know its bounds,
and believe in honor and virtue and integrity,
and know good from evil;
come and be one with us,
and we will protect your rights
if you will protect ours.
Let us not quibble over our differences.
Let us not dispute over our God;
for he is the God of us all.
Let us unite under him
who presides over the nations.
Let all who will come
enlist in the cause of preserving
and restoring our Liberty.
Let us honor
the sacred trust
of our forefathers.
Let us stand boldly
for the pursuit of life,
liberty,
and happiness.
Let us protect the weak
and the helpless
and the widows
and the unborn.
Let us turn from our ways
and cleans this nation
from the liars and the hypocrites,
and the murders and the whore mongers;
the thieves and the robbers.
Let us repent
and put down the hammer
that has forged our chains;
for every one walketh in his own way.
The adversary to all truth
has divided us
and enslaved us
and is ready to seal us his.
Oh God,
let us unite under thy banner once more,
even the banner of truth.
Arise oh America
and shake off the chains
that bind thee.
Take up the cause of freedom once more.
May we go
in the strength of the Lord of Host,
is the prayer of my soul.
Amen
