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:He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; | :He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; | ||
:He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword: | :He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword: | ||
| − | |||
| − | :Refrain | + | ::''Chorus'' |
| − | :Glory! glory! Hallelujah! | + | ::His truth is marching on. |
| − | :Glory! glory! Hallelujah! | + | |
| − | :Glory! glory! Hallelujah! | + | :(''Refrain'') |
| − | :His truth is marching on. | + | ::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; | :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; | :They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps; | ||
:I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps: | :I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps: | ||
| − | :His day is marching on. | + | |
| + | ::''Chorus'' | ||
| + | ::His day is marching on. | ||
:3. I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel: | :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; | :"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, | :Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with His heel, | ||
| − | :Since God is marching on." | + | |
| + | ::''Chorus'' | ||
| + | ::Since God is marching on." | ||
:4. He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; | :4. He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; | ||
:He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat: | :He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat: | ||
:O be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet! | :O be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet! | ||
| − | :Our God is marching on. | + | |
| + | ::''Chorus'' | ||
| + | ::Our God is marching on. | ||
:5. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, | :5. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, | ||
:With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me: | :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, | :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. | + | |
| + | ::''Chorus'' | ||
| + | ::While God is marching on. | ||
=Footnotes/References= | =Footnotes/References= | ||
Revision as of 16:53, 22 April 2008
Mine eyes have seen the glory or Battle Hymn of the Republic written in 1861 by Julia Ward Howe.
Contents
Tunes
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:
- Chorus
- 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:
- Chorus
- 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,
- Chorus
- 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!
- Chorus
- 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[1] to make men free,
- Chorus
- While God is marching on.
Footnotes/References
- ↑ Some later hymnals change this to live.
