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 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 die to make men free,
while God is marching on. [Refrain]
5 He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave,
he is wisdom to the mighty, he is honor to the brave;
so the world shall be his footstool, and the soul of wrong his slave.
Our God is marching on. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord |
Title: | The Battle Hymn of the Republic |
Author: | Julia Ward Howe (1861, alt.) |
Refrain First Line: | Glory, glory, hallelujah |
Meter: | 15 15 15.6 w. refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1995 |
Topic: | God's World: Consummation; New Heaven and a New Earth: Return and Reign of the Lord; Christian Year: Christ the King(6 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC |
Meter: | 15 15 15.6 w. refrain |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Source: | USA campmeeting tune, 19th cent. |
Media | |
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Audio recording: | Piano Harmony (auto-generated) |