The Worshipbook ‎#474

474. 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!
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. [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]

Amen.

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 Ward Howe (1861)
• Refrain First Line: Glory! glory! Hallelujah!
• Meter: P.M.
• Publication Date: 1972
• Topic: Service for the Lord's Day: Conclusion of Worship; Civil Year: Memorial Day; Civil Year: Independence Day; Other Observances: World Peace

Tune Information

• Name: BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
• Meter: P.M.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: rr. from camp meeting song