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SDA Hymnal 647

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory

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1Mine 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.

RefrainGlory! glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

2He 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!
Our God is marching on.

3In 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 men free!
While God is marching on.

Words
[unclear]
Music
[unclear]
Tune
[unclear]
Meter
[unclear]
Scripture
Revelation 19:15; Isaiah 63:3

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The verse

Meter
14.15.15.6
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 55% of beats fit
Rhyme
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Verse 1

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;//˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/14A
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/15A
He has loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword;˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘//15A
His truth is marching on.˘/˘/˘˘6B

Verse 2

He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/15A
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat;˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/15A
O be swift, my soul, to answer Him; be jubilant, my feet!˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/15A
Our God is marching on./˘/˘/˘˘7B

Verse 3

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/15A
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me;˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘????˘˘˘16A
As He died to make men holy, let us live to make men free!˘˘/˘///˘/˘/˘///15A
While God is marching on.//˘/˘˘6B

Refrain

Glory! glory! Hallelujah!/˘/˘/˘/˘8A
Glory! glory! Hallelujah!/˘/˘/˘/˘8A
Glory! glory! Hallelujah!/˘/˘/˘/˘8A
His truth is marching on.˘/˘/˘˘6B

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.