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The text is the lyrics of the song “Battle Hymn of the Republic” by Julia Ward Howe, describing the coming of the Lord and His truth marching on. It includes references to the grape harvest, the Hero born of a woman, and the beauty of the lilies.
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
He is trampling the grape harvest where the grapes of wrath are kept,
He unleashed the fateful bolt of His terrible swift sword
His truth is marching on.
Gloria! Gloria! Hallelujah!
Gloria! Gloria! Hallelujah!
Gloria! Gloria! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
I have seen it in the watch fires of a hundred encampments in a circle
They built him an altar in the evening dew and damp
I can read His just sentence by the dim and flaming lamps
His day is marching on.
Gloria! Gloria! Hallelujah!
Gloria! Gloria! Hallelujah!
Gloria! Gloria! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
I read a fiery gospel written on burnished steel files,
“As you deal with my enemies, so shall my grace deal with you;”
The Hero, born of a woman, crushes the serpent serpent with his heel
Since God is marching.
Gloria! Gloria! Hallelujah!
Gloria! Gloria! Hallelujah!
Gloria! Gloria! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
He sounded the trumpet he will never call retreat
He’s sifting through the hearts of men before His tribunal
Oh, be quick, my soul, to answer him! rejoice, my feet!
Our God is marching.
Gloria! Gloria! Hallelujah!
Gloria! Gloria! Hallelujah!
Gloria! Gloria! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born beyond the sea,
With a glory in her bosom that transfigures you and me:
As he died to sanctify men, we die to set men free,
While God is marching.
Gloria! Gloria! Hallelujah!
Gloria! Gloria! Hallelujah!
Gloria! Gloria! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
—by Julia Ward Howe
