Lift Every Voice and Sing II 226
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
- Tune
- battle hymn of the republic
- Author(s)
- Jula W. Howe (1819-1910)
- Composer(s)
- William Steffe; Horace Clarence Boyer (b. 1935)
- Text Source(s)
- Traditional
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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 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 sound retreat, He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgement 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 all free, While God is marching on. [Refrain]