2 Chronicles 20:15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
It seems battles are rising, if not the COVID, the threat against freedom.
Believers, trust the Lord, because the battle is not ours but the Lord’s.
Of all the songs written during and about the Civil War, perhaps none is as strongly identified with the Union.
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
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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.
CHORUS:
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 can read His righteous sentence — By the dim and flaring lamps; — His day is marching on.
He has sounded forth the trumpet — That shall never call retreat; — He is sifting out the hearts of men — Before His judgement seat; — Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him; — Be jubilant, my feet; — 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.
Julia Ward Howe 1861
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