CPWI Hymnal ‎#433

433. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord

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 has 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 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. [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 us holy, let us live to make all free,
while God is marching on. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
• Author: Julia W. Howe, 1819-1910
• Refrain First Line: Glory, glory, hallelujah!
• Meter: 15.15.15.6 with Rerfrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Topic: General Hymns: Christian Warfare

Tune Information

• Name: BATTLE HYMN
• Composer: William Steffe, 1830-1890
• Arranger: Horace Clarence Boyer, 1935-2009
• Meter: 15.15.15.6 with Rerfrain
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Arrangement © Horace Clarence Boyer. Reprinted by permission of Mrs. Gloria Boyer