The United States Army Field Band:
“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;
His truth is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
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.
I have read His fiery gospel writ in rows of burnished steel!
“As ye deal with my condemners, so with you My grace shall deal!
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel, “
Since God is marching on.
He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat;
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him; be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on.
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!
While God is marching on.”
Imagine Liberal/Progressives’ reaction if this had become or in the future became the national anthem.
They would choke at the Christian lyrics.
Sadly, this inspiring verse, inspired by Genesis 3:15, is omitted from just about every hymnal these days. However, the country-western singer Lee Greenwood includes it in a recent rendition of the hymn.
A few months ago I pulled together a medly of four patriot tunes and published on YouTube (8 minutes).
The third song is The Battle Hymn as sung and played by the US Army Band and Chorus -- very stirring to see men and women in uniform singing that last stanza. Enjoy.
