Armed forces7

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> I need to know if there is anyone on this list that is a member of 
> the armed forces.  If so there are a few questions i need to ask you. 

I'm not currently in the U.S. Armed Forces, but my younger brother (the
Calvinist) is in the Navy, and we are both Air Force brats.  I may be
able to answer some inquiries.

> Also does anyone out there know the verses (not the traditional 
> verses) to the "Battle Hymn Republic"  I heard some people sing this 
> but they added new verses to it that are not part of the traditional 
> version.  

http://www.eaglenet.com/bmunday/worship/battlehy.htm

It's a stirring song, isn't it?  We should it in church IMO.

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(Julia Ward Howe/William Steffe)

1. 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!

1. His   truth is marching on.
2. His   day   is marching on.
3. Our   God   is marching on.
4. While God   is marching on.

2. 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 can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps;
   His day is marching on.

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

4. 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.