[CHRISTIAN DIARIST]

God primarily speaks to us through His Word. But He sometimes speaks to us through dreams, as He did with the author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Those of us who are Christ followers may have had such an experience ourselves, not realizing it was the Holy Spirit at work.

[IronJack]

Truly an inspired piece of verse.

[FatherofFive]

not realizing it was the Holy Spirit at work.

We say this prayer to the Holy Spirit before each Bible Study:

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in us the fire of your love.
Send forth Your Spirit, and we shall be created.
And You shall renew the face of the earth.
O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever rejoice in His consolations.
Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

[Salvation]

I love this hymn.

[jeffersondem]

“And Americans continue to sing again and again Julie Ward Howe’s patriotic hymn 155 years since it was first published. Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! God’s divine inspiration marches on.”

Reminds me of the comment made by the ranch hand in the movie Red River: “Why is it when you kill a man, you want to read the Lord into it?”

Or in this case, 600,000 men.

[Texas Eagle]

Great story. Thanks for posting.

If anyone's interested, here's the poem in its entirety.

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord:
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:
His truth is marching on.

Glory, glory, hallelujah! (3x)
His truth is marching on.

I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps,
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps:
His day is marching on.

Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel:
“As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal;
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,
Since God is marching on.”

Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat:
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on.

Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on.

Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

[smokingfrog]

Worst hymn ever.

[StoneWall Brigade]

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[DFG]

WWII Bataan version

Dugout Doug MacArthur lies ashaking on the Rock
Safe from all the bombers and from any sudden shock
Dugout Doug is eating of the best food on Bataan
And his troops go starving on.

Dugout Doug’s not timid, he’s just cautious, not afraid
He’s protecting carefully the stars that Franklin made
Four-star generals are rare as good food on Bataan
And his troops go starving on.

Dugout Doug is ready in his Kris Craft for the flee
Over bounding billows and the wildly raging sea
For the Japs are pounding on the gates of Old Bataan
And his troops go starving on…

[Rio]

I like this rendition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xODSBDPuKQ

[Fresh Wind]

And then there’s this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrlvRCesL4w

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Great story. Thanks for posting it.

Mrs. Howe's lyrics are just incredible and work so perfectly with the tune. She had such wonderful mastery of the English language. Right from the first inspirational lines: "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the lightening of His terrible swift sword"

I'm watching "Heaven's Gate" for the first time and the song plays a key role in the opening scene, graduation at Harvard University in 1870, just five years after the war ended (aside: it IS a plodding film, but incredible cinematography, scenery, and a wonderful musical score with an amazing story behind it).

[Lee N. Field]

Chillingly eschtological. But, don’t equate the Union Army with the hand of God.

[the OlLine Rebel]

OK, yeah, it WAS based on a tune stating “John Brown’s body lies a molderin’ in the grave”.

It was NOT about THE jackass nut John Brown. It was a general name used in “fun”.