Marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus
Going on before!”
Another selection was rendered, and then, most appropriately, came the song of the beloved Julia Ward Howe:
“Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord,” concerning which said one newspaper columnist the next day, “more than any other song of any time this strikes deeply home at this hour.” How impressive was that refrain toward the close of this historic day:
“Glory, glory, Hallelujah! Glory, glory, Hallelujah!
Glory, glory, Hallelujah! His truth is marching on!”
The second verse was rendered as a solo:
“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;