This song brings to my mind of what's happening today, for it was written by Julia W. Howe (1861), music by John William Steffe. Here are lyrics...


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 alter 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!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His day 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!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Since God 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!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Our God 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!
While God is marching on.

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Don't you think so too?

Maranatha!
Tammy

Johnny Cash sings The Battle Hymn Of The Republic is the best of choices to post. Here's the link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9quPWDoLxF08feature=related

As I watched Johnny singing this hymn, I said--"You go, Johnny!!!"

Maranatha!
Tammy

Tammy,

Johnny is singing for the Lord now!!!

We'll be singing along with him in Heaven, praising God!

I too say go Johnny go!!!

Thanks for sharing Sis!

Blessings in Christ,

Valerie

I have always loved "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and felt that it was truly a last days song. Here is another that is so last days that if music had been included in John's book of Revelation, then Johnny Cash's song, "By The Book" would have been a sidebar.
This song speaks of our current time as nothing else I have ever heard.

Thank you, dear sister T/Sue, for Johnny's "By The Book" too. He is sooo right on THE mark, isn't...er, rather, wasn't he?

You know what? The 3rd verse of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" seems to speak of NYC's Twin Towers (rows of steel) that were attacked 9/11. With the green serpent (a symbol of Islam), for Usama Bin Laden's al Quaida were our attackers. Don't you think so too?

Maranatha!
Tammy

Tammy, that is a good insight about the blades of steal and the serpent. Good catch!

Here is your song link embedded: (love, love, love it!)