Text:Battle Hymn of the Republic
Author:Julia Ward Howe
Tune:BATTLE HYMN
Arranger (last st. setting and choral ending):David Hamilton

645. 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.

Chorus:
Glory! glory, hallelujah!
Glory! glory, hallelujah!
Glory! glory, hallelujah!
Our God 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. [Chorus]

3 He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never sound 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. [Chorus]

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 live to make men free,
While God is marching on. [Chorus]

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. [chorus]

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!
Meter: Irregular meter
Language: English
Publication Date: 2008
Topic: Attributes of God; Patriotic
Tune Information
Name: BATTLE HYMN
Arranger (last st. setting and choral ending): David Hamilton
Meter: Irregular meter
Key: B♭ Major
Source: American Folk song
Copyright: Arr. © Copyright 2008 Van Ness Press, Inc. (ASCAP) (admin. by LifeWay Worship). All rights reserved.



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