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ways; and so prepare us to meet Thee in the ways of Thy judgments, that Thou mayest have thoughts of peace towards us, and not of evil; to give us an expected end, and the desired issue out of all our troubles.

And seeing that the truth itself will not make us free if we are not true to it; nor the purest religion be our defence if we continue to walk unworthy of our profession; O help us, blessed Lord, to rid our hands and our hearts of every accursed thing which might still provoke Thy just wrath and indignation against us. Let us wisely consider of Thy doings, and know the time of our visitation; may we hearken to Thy calls, and take Thy warnings, and improve Thy mercies while we have them. And may we so follow the conduct of Thy good providence, and comply with all Thy gracious methods to reclaim us, that we may be delivered from every evil, and thence be made happy in Thy presence for ever. Amen.

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BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC.*

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.

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.

I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel:

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"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."

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.

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.

From the Atlantic Monthly, for February, 1862.

A PRAYER FOR SOLDIERS OF THE ARMY.

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A PRAYER

FOR SOLDIERS OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, AS SET

O GOD, who art the blessed and only potentate, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, doing according to Thy will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of earth, who didst choose thy servant Cornelius the soldier, a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, to be the first fruits of the gospel among the Gentiles, and an example to all who should follow him in that profession, we humbly implore Thy blessing on all the officers and other soldiers of the army of these United States. Fit them, we beseech Thee, for their several duties, and guard them against all those temptations to which they are especially exposed. May they be men, fearing Thee, avoiding evil and doing good, using authority and rendering obedience as those who must give an account of themselves to God. Save them from all feelings and purposes of ill-will, revenge, and violence; from all bitterness, wrath, clamor, evil speaking, and profaneness; and from all offences against Christian charity, purity, and sobriety. Infuse into them a love of order and good dis

cipline, and make them instrumental to the promotion of the peace, tranquility and the welfare of our common country. May they never be called to battle but in a righteous cause; and when they do go forth to the fight, may Thy shield protect them, and Thine arm assist them. More especially we pray for the grace of Thy Holy Spirit, that in the strength of the true faith of Thy Gospel, and in holy obedience to its commands, they may manly fight under Christ's banner, against sin, the world, and the devil, and continue His faithful soldiers and servants unto their lives' end; all which we ask in the name and for the sake of the great Captain of our Salvation, Thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

REGIMENTAL SONG OF 47TH REGIMENT.

BY MRS. COLONEL SANGSTER.

Sang at the grand Soiree of the 47th Regiment, at Lee Avenue Sabbath School Hall, May 7, 1862.

TUNE-" Marching Along."

THE Voice of the trumpet hath swept through the land,

We haste to respond to its tones of command;

Our ranks shall be filled with the brave and the strong,

For Freedom's dear flag to be marching along.

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CHORUS.

Marching along! we are marching along,

With warm hearts and true, we are marching along; 'Neath our Banner of Stars, we're united and strong, And our own Forty-seventh is marching along.

Should foemen or strangers our liberties try,
Or red-handed treason o'ershadow our sky,
If called to the conflict, still this be our song,
For altar and home, we are marching along.

CHORUS.

Marching along! we are marching along,
With warm hearts and true, we are marching along;
'Neath our Banner of Stars, we're united and strong,
And our own Forty-seventh is marching along.

Our motto is onward: tho' dangers may press,
No word on our lips but the word of success;

Our standard we lift, with a shout and a song,
For the Stars and the Stripes we are marching along.

CHORUS.

Marching along! we are marching along,

With warm hearts and true, we are marching along, 'Neath our Banner of Stars, we're united and strong And our own Forty-seventh is marching along.

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