John+Davidson's+Higher+Purpose

John Davidson's war song had several themes that made it an intriguing poem. One, religion. With statements like unhallowed, and that war is not of god, we can see that John Davidson definitely had religion in mind when writing this poem. Another thing that points toward religion in this poem is the stanza describing the way rulers brainwash soldiers to think that war is an act with historical value. That is has happened since the beginning of time, and part of being human is fighting war. This, in my opinion points to religion because so many different religions have their basis in human history and how it has been shaped by their particular view on god, etc.

This is a good start, but you needed to explore the highest/best purpose piece more fully here. What is Davidson saying about religion? What exactly is the poem's highest goal? You state that Davidson had religion on his mind, but what do you really mean here?