951 | One in Faith#952 | 953 |
Text: | Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory |
Author: | Julia W. Howe, 1819-1910 |
Tune: | BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC |
Composer (attributed to): | John W. Steffe, c. 1820-1911 |
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 the 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 all 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]
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: | Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory |
Author: | Julia W. Howe, 1819-1910 (alt.) |
Refrain First Line: | Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! |
Meter: | 15 15 15 6 with Refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2015 |
Topic: | Nation |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC |
Composer (attributed to): | John W. Steffe, c. 1820-1911 |
Meter: | 15 15 15 6 with Refrain |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Source: | American camp meeting tune, 1861 |