Battle Hymn
Improvement Era, vol. 13, no. 3, January 1910, p. 202
Tain, C. E. R.
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202 IMPROVEMENT ERA.
products had place, would produce the impression of design and purpose, much more forcibly are we driven to the same conclusion when we see order growing out of chaos, peace out of strife, and apparently intractable material moulded to artistic perfection. The background of struggle, pain, decay and seeming waste may be in itself difficult to account for; but the result shows that behind the working of the principles of Variation and Natural Selection there must be intelligence, will, purpose. The Design-argument may have been stated in the past, in
such a way as to expose it to the criticism of scientists; but the argument itself — especially when broadly and generally treated has only gained strength and illumination from the modern view of nature's working methods; for "Evolution," as Asa Gray said to Darwin, "has brought back teleology to science." [TO BE CONCLUDED IN FEBRUARY NUMBER]
Battle Hymn. (For the Improvement Era.)
God save Columbia free, Let then each bosom be Bright home of liberty, Bulwark of liberty, Guard her high destiny, Owning its majesty, Hedge it with peace. Guarding its fame. But, should an alien host Dealing on land or waves, Dare sully Freedom's coast, Death to the tyrant slaves, Let war then meet their boast Heaping their ready graves With full surcease. High with their shame.
Let, then, grim battle roar, God grant Columbia fair, Bathing our steel in gore, Brave sons to do and dare, Hurling swift vengeance o'er Daughters that virtue wear Glory's red field; As a bright crown. Sharp be our eagle's claws may they ever be, Striking in Freedom's cause, Worthy of liberty, Fearless of foes, because Worthy of victory, Right is our shield. And wide renown. C. E. R. Tain. Col. Diaz, Mexico.