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432 | CPWI Hymnal#433 | 434a |
Text: | Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord |
Author: | Julia W. Howe, 1819-1910 |
Tune: | BATTLE HYMN |
Arranger: | Horace Clarence Boyer, 1935-2009 |
Composer: | William Steffe, 1830-1890 |
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 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 us holy, let us live to make all free,
while 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 |
Author: | Julia W. Howe, 1819-1910 |
Refrain First Line: | Glory, glory, hallelujah! |
Meter: | 15.15.15.6 with Rerfrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2010 |
Topic: | General Hymns: Christian Warfare |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BATTLE HYMN |
Composer: | William Steffe, 1830-1890 |
Arranger: | Horace Clarence Boyer, 1935-2009 |
Meter: | 15.15.15.6 with Rerfrain |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Copyright: | Arrangement © Horace Clarence Boyer. Reprinted by permission of Mrs. Gloria Boyer |