Our God is
Marching on! (How long? Not long!) MLK, Jr.
I know you are asking today,
"How long will it take?" (Speak, sir) Somebody's asking,
"How long will prejudice blind the visions of men,
I come to say to you this afternoon, however difficult the moment,
(Yes, sir) however frustrating the hour, it will not be long, (No sir)
because "truth crushed to earth will rise again." (Yes, sir)
How long? Not long, (Yes, sir) because "no lie can live
forever." (Yes, sir)
How long? Not long, (All right. How long) because "you shall reap what
you sow." (Yes, sir)"
How long? Not long.
Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne, Yet that
scaffold sways the future, And, behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadow, Keeping watch above his own.
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How long? Not long because the arc of the moral universe is long, but
it bends toward justice."
How long? Not long because:
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 has loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift
sword;
His truth 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. O, be swift, my soul, to answer Him!
Be jubilant my feet!
Our God is marching on. Glory, hallelujah! Glory, hallelujah! Glory,
hallelujah! Glory, hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.