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As we come upon Memorial Day weekend, may we remember those who gave their lives to serve and protect us. To keep us safe. To preserve our freedoms. To frustrate tyranny. To conserve the good. To restraint evil. As we honor those on the battlefield, may we remember all the prayer warriors fighting a spiritual battle for the soul of our nation and our people.

A reverent amen to your prayer, dear NEWwoman, and to those heroes, now turning in their graves. Help us be worthy of their sacrifice, and Yours, Lord Jesus. In Your name we pray. Amen.

Battle Ensign by Andrew Wyeth

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Battle Hymn of the Republic

With scenes from World War II

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! Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah! His Truth is marching on

I have seen Him in the watchfires of a hundred circling camps
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps
I have read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps
His Truth is marching on

Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah! His Truth is marching on

I have read a fiery gospel writ in rows of burnished steel
“As ye deal with my condemners, so with you My grace shall deal
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel”
His Truth is marching on

Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah!
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; oh, be jubilant, my feet
His Truth is marching on

Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!

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
His Truth is marching on

Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah! His Truth is marching on