Hymns for the Living Church ‎#522

522. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory

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!
Our God is marching on.

2 I have seen Him in the watch-fires 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 sound 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 men holy, let us live 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
• Author: Julia W. Howe (1862)
• Refrain First Line: Glory, glory, hallelujah!
• Meter: 15 15 15 6 Ref.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1974
• Scripture:
  Psalm 76:12
• Topic: God the Father: Majesty and Power

Tune Information

• Name: BATTLE HYMN
• Meter: 15 15 15 6 Ref.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Traditional American Melody, c. 1852