For Sunday, August 14: Battle Hymn of the Republic

Okay so it's true that this hymn was written for American patriotism. And I'm all for that. But today I picked it because I wanted to focus in on the truth in it. Regardless of who is singing this and who it was originally written for or even the motivations this particular hymn was written there is a deeper truth in it that is UNIVERSAL and not just specific for America. And it lies in one line that really sang (pun intended!) out to me when I heard the song, again, recently.
"His truth is marching on."
God's truth marches on. It marches through the doubters, the skeptics, the mockers, even through the believers-who-aren't-quite-believers. God's truth cannot be squelched, changed, eradicated. God's truth is truth no matter what. It doesn't find it's existence or meaning in people, it IS. God's truth is TRUTH no matter what.
His truth marches on and on and on...Selah!

Battle Hymn of the Republic

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Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

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