Together in Song ‎#315

315. 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 He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
he is sifting out the hearts of all before his judgment seat:
O be swift, my soul, to answer him; be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on. [Refrain]

3 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 men free,
while God is marching on. [Refrain]

4 He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave;
he is wisdom to the mighty; he is succour to the brave:
so the world shall be his foot-stool, and the soul of time his slave:
our God is marching on. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
• Author: Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910
• Refrain First Line: Glory, glory, hallelujah, glory, glory hallelujah
• Meter: irregular
• Publication Date: 1999
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 15:25-28
  ;
  Hebrews 4:12-13
  ;
  Isaiah 63:1-3
  ;
  Isaiah 66:1
  ;
  Luke 21:19-28
  ;
  Mark 13:24-27
  ;
  Matthew 24:29-31
  ;
  Revelation 19:11-16
  ;
  Revelation 20:12
  ;
  Zechariah 9:1-14
• Topic: Commitment; Jesus Christ: Incarnation; Jesus Christ: Return; Jesus Christ: Transfiguration; Judgment of God; Justice; Liberation; Mission/Sending; National Life; Response to Word; Truth
• Notes: Other authors also

Tune Information

• Name: BATTTLE HYMN
• Meter: irregular
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Melody adapted form 'John Brown's Body' and an American Camp Meeting Songs, 1861