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Text:Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
Author:Julia W. Howe, 1819-1910
Tune:BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
Composer (attributed to):William Steffe, d.1911

694. 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 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 the 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 all human hearts 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
Title: Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
Author: Julia W. Howe, 1819-1910 (alt.)
Refrain First Line: Glory, glory! Hallelujah!
Meter: 15 15 15 6 with refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 2012
Scripture: ; ; ; ;
Topic: Freedom; Jesus Christ; Judgment (9 more...)
Tune Information
Name: BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
Composer (attributed to): William Steffe, d.1911
Meter: 15 15 15 6 with refrain
Key: B♭ Major



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