Battle Hymn of the Republic

Verse 1
Mine eyes have seen the glo­ry
Of the com­ing of the Lord;
He is tramp­ling out the vint­age (Rev. 19:15, Joel 3:13)
Where the grapes of wrath are stored; (Rev. 14:17-20, Isa. 63:3)
He hath loosed the fate­ful light­ning
Of His ter­ri­ble swift sword; (Isa. 27:1, Rev. 19:15)
His truth is march­ing on.
Glory! Glo­ry! Hal­le­lu­jah!
Glory! Glo­ry! Hal­le­lu­jah!
Glory! Glo­ry! Hal­le­lu­jah!
His truth is march­ing on.

Verse 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.
Glory! Glo­ry! Hal­le­lu­jah!
Glory! Glo­ry! Hal­le­lu­jah!
Glory! Glo­ry! Hal­le­lu­jah!
His day is march­ing on.

Verse 3
I have read a fie­ry Gos­pel
Spirit in burn­ished rows of steel;
As ye deal with My con­temn­ers,
So with you My grace shall deal;
Let the He­ro, born of wo­man, (Gal. 4:4)
Crush the ser­pent with His heel, (Gen. 3:15, Rom. 16:20)
Since God is marching on.
Glory! Glo­ry! Hal­le­lu­jah!
Glory! Glo­ry! Hal­le­lu­jah!
Glory! Glo­ry! Hal­le­lu­jah!
Since God is march­ing on.

Verse 4
He has sound­ed forth the trum­pet (Matt. 24:31, I Cor. 15:52, I Thess. 4:16-17)
That shall nev­er call re­treat;
He is sift­ing out the hearts of men (I Cor. 4:5)
Before His judg­ment seat; (Rom. 14:10, II Cor. 5:10)
Oh, be swift, my soul, to an­swer Him!
Be ju­bi­lant, my feet;
Our God is march­ing on.
Glory! Glo­ry! Hal­le­lu­jah!
Glory! Glo­ry! Hal­le­lu­jah!
Glory! Glo­ry! Hal­le­lu­jah!
Our God is march­ing on.

Verse 5
In the beau­ty of the lil­ies
Christ was born across the sea,
With a glo­ry in His bo­som
That trans­fig­ures you and me: (II Cor. 3:18)
As He died to make men ho­ly, (Heb. 13:12)
Let us die to make men free;*
While God is march­ing on.
Glory! Glo­ry! Hal­le­lu­jah!
Glory! Glo­ry! Hal­le­lu­jah!
Glory! Glo­ry! Hal­le­lu­jah!
While God is march­ing on.

Verse 6
He is com­ing like the glo­ry
Of the morn­ing on the wave,
He is wis­dom to the migh­ty, (I Cor. 1:24)
He is hon­or to the brave;
So the world shall be His foot­stool, (Acts 7:49, Isa. 66:1, Matt. 5:35, Ps. 110:1, Matt. 22:44, Mark 12:36, Luke 20:43, Acts 2:35, Heb. 1:13, Heb. 10:13)
And the soul of wrong His slave,
Our God is march­ing on.
Glory! Glo­ry! Hal­le­lu­jah!
Glory! Glo­ry! Hal­le­lu­jah!
Glory! Glo­ry! Hal­le­lu­jah!
Our God is march­ing on.

• Some hymnals replace the original “die to make men free” with “live to make men free”