African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal ‎#572

572. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory (Battle Hymn of the Republic)

1 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 hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:
His truth is marching on.

Refrain:
Glory! glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

2 I have seen Him in the watchfires of a hundred circling camps;
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps;
His day is marching on. [Refrain]

3 He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting 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. [Refrain]

4 In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me;
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free!
While God is marching on. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
• Title: Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory (Battle Hymn of the Republic)
• Author: Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910
• Refrain First Line: Glory! glory! Hallelujah!
• Meter: 15 15 15.6.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2011
• Scripture:
  Psalm 20:7
  ;
  Psalm 76:12
• Topic: Kingdom of God on Earth: Patriotic; Peace; Processionals; Recessionals; Warning

Tune Information

• Name: BATTLE HYMN
• Meter: 15 15 15.6.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Trad. American Folk Melody