Victory Songs ‎#324

324. Battle Hymn of the Republic.

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.
Glory! glory hallelujah!
Glory! glory hallelujah!
Glory! glory hallelujah!
His truth 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.
Glory! glory hallelujah!
Glory! glory hallelujah!
Glory! glory hallelujah!
His day is marching on.

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.
Glory! glory hallelujah!
Glory! glory hallelujah!
Glory! glory hallelujah!
Our God is marching on.

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.
Glory! glory hallelujah!
Glory! glory hallelujah!
Glory! glory hallelujah!
While God is marching on.

Text Information

• First Line: Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
• Title: Battle Hymn of the Republic.
• Author: Julia Ward Howe
• Refrain First Line: Glory! glory, hallelujah!
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1920
• Topic: Devotional Songs; God; Patriotic

Tune Information

• Name: GLORY HALLELUJAH
• Key: B♭ Major