Author: Julia Ward Howe Hymnal: HWC1986 #569 (1986) Meter: 15.15.15.6 with refrain Tune Title: BATTLE HYMN 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 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 live to make men free,
While God is marching on. [Refrain]
Amen, amen.
Topics: Memorial Day; Patriotic
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