Text:Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
Author:Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)
Tune:BATTLE HYMN

647. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory

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 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]

3 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]

Text Information
First Line: Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
Title: Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
Author: Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) (1861; alt.)
Refrain First Line: Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Meter: 15.15.15.6.Ref.
Publication Date: 1985
Topic: Christan Life: Love of Country
Tune Information
Name: BATTLE HYMN
Meter: 15.15.15.6.Ref.
Incipit: 55554 35123 33211
Key: B♭ Major
Source: Arr. from camp meeting song



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