AND IT'S HUP, 2, 3 ,4 FOR THE LORD.(RELIGION)

Byline: PAMELA LONG Religion News Service

MOBILE, Ala. -- A spit-and-polish squad files onto the stage and halts. Its members are nattily attired in military shirts with epaulets, jaunty berets angled to the right. The squad performs a sharp right turn and faces the audience. The sergeant barks commands, the marchers obey.

``Your left, your left, your left, right, left.''

But the cadence that follows is not a doggerel about latrines, bawdy women or aching feet. It's the books of the Bible, a passage from Scripture or a church motto.

Some 43 Bible drill teams from around the country attended the recent annual conference of the 3.5 …