Rise Up!

"....our destiny is not determined by the number of 

 times we stumble but by the number of times we rise

up, dust ourselves off, and move forward."

DIETER F. UCHTDORF

Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

-Anonymous

Rise Up, Ye Saints, Rejoice!

WORDS BY LARRY HILLER

Music by George J. Elvey

Rise up, ye Saints, rejoice!

And let your hearts take wing!

Add to the heav’nly choir your voice

As all creation sings.

The long-awaited day

Has dawned o’er all the earth.

And death and sorrow now give way

To glorious rebirth.

Rise up and praise the Son

Who light and hope does give.

Our Savior, the Atoning One,

Has died that we might live.

Yea, Christ did come to save,

To break the chains of sin,

To conquer sorrow and the grave,

And new life usher in.

Ye who have suffered loss,

Shake off despair and gloom.

Look up and see the vacant cross,

Behold the empty tomb.

Yea, Christ has conquered death,

And all shall be restored.

Our loved ones shall again draw breath,

Through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Rise up, all ye who mourn

And lay aside your pain.

For Christ has all our sorrow borne

That we may smile again.

Our tears He’ll gently dry,

As we behold His face.

We’ll bid all mortal cares goodbye

And glory in His grace.

"Every person, young and old, has had his own personal 

experience with falling. Falling is what we mortals do. But as

 long as we are willing to rise up again and continue on the

 path toward the spiritual goals God has given us, we can learn

 something from failure and become better and happier as a

 result.

My dear brethren, my dear friends, there will be times when

 you think you cannot continue on. Trust the Savior and His

 love. With faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and the power and

 hope of the restored gospel, you will be able to walk tall and

 continue on."

DIETER F. UCHTDORF