"In Life and Death "

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 237, 22 December 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)

"In Life and Death "

"This is what makes the soldier, tho giving of himself to God in life and in death. This war ought to purify the nation for years to come. May we a.ll learn the truth, and each one be able to say with the writtr of the wellknown battle hymn of the Republic:—

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is tramping out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He has loosed the faithful lightnings of His terrible, swift sword, His truth is marching on. I have seen Him in the iwatehfires of a hundreJ circling camps: They have buildcd Him an altar in the evening dews and damps. 1 can read His righteous sentence its their dim and flaring lamps, His day is marching on. I have rca<] a fiery aosp<?l, writ in burnished rows of steel: "As ye deal with My contemners, sc with you My grace will deal,' Let the hero, horn of woman, crush the c erpent with his heel, Since God is marching on. He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat: He is sifting out the hearts of men hefore the judgment scat. Oh ! lie swift, my soul, to answer Hiai: he jubilant my feet. - For God is marching on.

Ir the beauty of the lilies Christ tra« hern across the sea, With a trlory in His l>osom that transfigures you and me. ,\- He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free! Whilst God is marching ott.