AMERICA'S. BATTLE SONG.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 April 1917, Page 6

AMERICA'S. BATTLE SONG.

HYMLV 08. THE REPUBLIC. .„• f* i '■, " tt \"Mho greatest of war. ooems is ! f V J«lia Ward Howe's "Battle.Hymn of the - well-known -vV, i"" 1 * a3BoCia tMl With "John Brown's r Body." The words of th,e hymn follow: |y. Mine eyes have seen -Hie glory of the Wf' ' /coming <A the Lata: j» > Hfr is trampling out the vintage where MBf'—. e grapes °f wrath'are stored; lS£, He hath loosed the fatal lightning of His fflfftj' »■ terrible. swift sword: f&ffikj, His truth is marching on. sraßi l nave «een Him in the watch-fires of SpsL a hundred cir<dinsr,camps; WBbi>Etej 'have bnilded Him an altar in the §pT'. evening and damps; IpgL'tX can read His tighteous sentence by Wtt.tif the dim and flaring lamps: iMlf , 'His day is marching on, IMvtl la.ve, read a fiery gospel, writ in P>v burnish'd rows of steel; ye deal with Sly contemners, so ||j| '. with V°u My Grace shall deal: KKNiet the Hero, (born of woman, crush sß*l *\ the serpent with hie heel! Mft __ Since God is marching on." f s&>?t- shalt never tail retreat; j|fej J 9* is sifting/out the hearts of men f&f , • before His Judgment Seat; ssjj|y 91 jto swift, my soul to answer Him, J fesjS' -, 'he jubilant my feet! ;.'■ i |«|*j Our God is marching on. *■' j py?, * B *'w heanty of the lilies Christ was Sfy'•'•'' horn, across the sea, |if,,s"jWith a glory in His bosom tliat trans:g^,/'" %'res you and me; KVt- if» he, died -to make men (holy's let us fst r die to make men free, W; f ' While God is marching on. . ] g.j.ii ■ ' . - ;