Battle Hymn of the Republic

Mine eyes have seen the glory or Battle Hymn of the Republic written in 1861 by Julia Ward Howe.

Tunes

• Battle Hymn
• Batal-Himno (Beatty)

Lyrics

• Poet: Julia Ward Howe, 1861
• Copyright: Public Domain

Lyrics from The Hymnal: By United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., 1919

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.

3. I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel:
"As ye deal with My contemners, so with you My grace shall deal;
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with His heel,
Since God is marching on."

4. 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.

5. 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 die<ref>Some later hymnals change this to ''live''.</ref> to make men free,
While God is marching on.

External Links

• Free downloadable recording of the hymn for use in public and private worship from hymnswithoutwords.com