Author: Julia W. Howe, 1819-1910 Meter: 15.15.15.6 with refrain Appears in 555 hymnals Topics: Judgment; Patriotic; Power of God; Second Coming; The Liturgical Year The Transfiguration of the Lord (August 6) First Line: Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord Refrain First Line: Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Lyrics: 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 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 die that all be free!
While God is marching on. [Refrain] Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-6 Used With Tune: BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory