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 (no. 758)

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 to make men free,

Chorus

While God is marching on.

External Links

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