It definitely does not belong in any church especially a Southern one. They were merely borrowing language from the biblical authors, who frequently compare God’s wrath to a winepress:  when harvest time comes, God will cut down the ripe grapevines with a sickle and trample the grapes underfoot; their juices will be squeezed out into vats and poured out over the earth (Revelation 15-16). No wonder so many hymnals and recordings omit it. Glory, glory, hallelujah! Matthew 13:44 (ESV) Saturday, October 9, 2010. In the Bible, the phrase “the day of the Lord” consistently refers to the day Christ will enact his final vengeance upon the earth (see the Blue Letter Bible concordance). Glory, glory, hallelujah! Probably. His day is marching on. Brave up!” he/she soliloquizes. Hallelujah! She penned the new lyrics overnight, and they were published two and a half months later, on the front page of the February 1862 edition of the Atlantic Monthly. And I've seen the promised land. As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free; Last time we defined the glory of God as the manifestation of his divine presence. The Bible says that a series of trumpet blasts will precede the second coming of Christ (Zephaniah 1:14-16; Matthew 24:30-31; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52), to signal the start of a great battle (cf. . His truth is I know what movie it's from, but what are they talking about when they say "the trampling at the zoo", "mongrels", and the "zog machine jew by jew by jew"?? Glory, glory, hallelujah! Our God is marching on. Answer lies in each reader’s heart . Glory! My Eyes Have Seen the Glory is a match-by-match, blow-by-blow, superbly illustrated account of the most memorable season of English football in recent years. He has already started his trampling. 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; Hallelujah! . One of those was a new awareness of God’s creation I never had before. Howe’s solution was “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.”  It carries the same rah-rah sentiment as the old song, with the added weight of biblical references to Christ’s judgment of the wicked. Pingback: Strike that | Subjects of the Kingdom. I had the opportunity to be in the photographic laboratory when the first photographs from the Apollo VIII mission, which was the first orbital mission we flew to the moon, were coming out of the developer and fixer. (Refrain ...) Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; "As ye deal with My contemners, so with you My grace shall deal"; We shouldn’t fill our heads with the presumption that God is on our side, just because we’re America. Now that I know more about the song, it does make me a little uneasy to sing. Glory, glory, hallelujah! The issue may not be slavery today- but what of abortion? Luk 2:30-32. I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel: W hen I became a Christian, many changes took place in my life. You are mistaken in that only Jesus Christ brings the vengeance. And I've looked over. In this revisioning of Scripture, she casts the Southerners as the divinely disfavored grapes, and the Northerners as the grape-crushers, the righteous sword-wielders, the marching truth. Glory, glory, hallelujah! We are marching down the halls just to hang the Principal, Our Troops are marching on. Lyrics. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory (The Battle Hymn of the Republic) by Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 (Hymn #717, United Methodist Hymnal) from HymnSite.com, with lyrics, texts, MIDI files, piano scores, ppt slides, videos, and more. The Southerners are now compared to Satan, God’s archenemy; their secession from the Union is akin to Satan’s rebellion, and will be punished accordingly (Genesis 3:15). First, the war was not about slavery. is a miraculous thing . Glory! Glory! . Slaves were brought to America by the Northern states of New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The water would not be drinkable and would cause illness or death. I WAS PRAYING AND IT WAS AFTER MID-NIGHT AND SUDDENLY I BEGAN TO SING THIS SONG. My eyes have seen the glory of the trampling at the zoo. There is no other blessed country lik this one. sore afraid--So it ever was ( Daniel 10:7 Daniel 10:8, Luke 1:12, Revelation 1:17).Men have never felt easy with the invisible world laid suddenly open to their gaze. . His truth is marching on. I’ve never heard anything that nobody else couldn’t hear in my life. Since God is marching on.”. His truth is marching on. That was its motivation. We—as a nation, I mean—are not God’s chosen people. Like it was playing in a car radio right outside our house (we live in the country in Southeast Texas). How war in general is much like what to expect when facing God’s wrath at the End Time. Mo Betta Fit For Christ. Second, Sherman’s Union troops burned homes, churches, murdered civilians, pillaged and took anything they wanted from mostly women and children who had to fend for themselves. Our God is marching on. of what Jesus Christ’s second coming will look like): But John wasn’t the only one who had these fearsome visions of Christ. Get people to hear Jesus in Revelation . Hallelujah! And here is Howe, perpetuating the lie. Glory! Howe writes that she has seen the glory of Christ’s second coming—in the Union troops. He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat: Wrath was definitely displayed during the Civil War . My eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. displays his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize medal in Oslo, Norway, December 10, 1964. “Respond to God’s call . . Please don’t discredit a beautiful call of repentance the Lord gave long ago bc you have added words in your heart that are not there. “There is no peace unto the wicked says my Elohim”. We have broken every rule. Should we have allowed Hitler to continue or mousilini or Sadam or any of their same kind.This is not to say America or any nation is always right but we will be on the right path if we protect the innocent the oppressed and the down trodden there is a biblical principal for that. The chairman expected, the fans expected; Mancini has delivered. I think your analysis has merit, but it’s limited in scope as to how this hymn was appropriated and applied. Glory, glory, hallelujah, indeed! (Refrain ...) And the worshippers are fully prepared—eager, even—to carry out the “righteous sentence” of death prescribed in Revelation for all God’s enemies. To claim that God is on either side of any war is not only presumptuous, it’s sinful. This stanza is appalling. Glory, glory, hallelujah! He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword; Met her at the door with a loaded Forty-Four, And she dare not teach no more. Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! . be jubilant, my feet; The world has looked on as Man City has grown in strength under the steady leadership of Roberto Mancini. 2008 Preview SONG TIME Saturn Return. My Story - God's help and gay desires. She did so at the urging of a friend, the Reverend James Freeman Clarke, who was part of the traveling party that winter. Glory! but who was in CONTROL???? Aw, how pretty. My Eyes Have Seen the Glory of God: Let God Plan for Your Life [Kasimu, Sofia] on Amazon.com. Thankyou for the article. Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel, When the sun is shining and you are looking at a lake, you can only see the surface of the lake because of the reflection of the light. It’s been a while since I’ve read such clear writing. In my work with NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) I have glimpsed this kind of glory many times. Freedom. Glory, Glory! Words like “trampling,” “wrath,” “lightning,” and “sword” are not friendly words, but they are biblical descriptors of who Jesus is or will be. On November 17, 1861, Howe traveled with her husband, Samuel, then director of the Army’s Sanitary Commission, to inspect a Union camp outside Washington, DC. . He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; Praise ye the LORD! While God is marching on. If we are going to sing it in church, though, I propose a title change. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The image is gruesome, I know. Also I would simply suggest (as an occasional poet, but hopefully not a “hack”) that Howe took poetic license and not necessarily prophetic import. But since it was at the very beginning of the war, she had no idea how it would develop, how long it would last, nor what the outcome would be. While there, she took notice of a particularly catchy marching song that the troops were fond of singing, called “John Brown’s Body (Lies A-Mouldering in the Grave).”  The song memorializes John Brown, the radical abolitionist who was executed in 1859 after leading an unsuccessful raid on the federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), that killed fourteen men. . My Eyes Have Seen the Glory. There is right and wrong- and His is truth. The grapes, of course, represent unrepentant sinners, and the wine their blood; the treading action represents God’s fury. In fact slavery existed in the North. People are much more apt to embrace Sermon-on-the-Mount Jesus from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, and ignore this other aspect of his person, which we find described mostly in the prophetic books and in the Book of Revelation. I'm not worried about anything. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps; "My Eyes Have Seen the Glory" Deuteronomy 34: 1-5 Matthews 22: 34-40. But this song is definitely Biblically-oriented. It was never meant to be permanent; a momentary purpose was all it was intended to serve. . I list all these examples only to show that John wasn’t alone in his characterization of Jesus as wrathful, as I’ve heard people claim. Hymnals often substitute "let us live" for "let us die" in the fifth stanza. 1. is an excellent thing. See http://www.c-span.org/video/?322562-3/discussion-battle-hymn-republic, Pingback: Firestorm over Glaring Rockets | Subjects of the Kingdom. The chairman expected, the fans expected; Mancini has delivered. be jubilant, my feet! Let the saints be joyful in glory, Let them sing aloud upon their beds. But God himself? 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 has loosed the fateful lightening Of His terrible swift sword His truth is marching on I have seen him in the watch-fires Of a hundred circling camps And even if we cut out the references to war-camp altars and “(gun)fiery gospels” and anything else that suggests that God is pleased with us when we kill in his name, it doesn’t make sense for non-Christians to celebrate end-times events. Who is she which looks forth, fair as the sun, clear as the moon and TERRIBLE as an army with banners. Dig back and I am sure you would find it with other texts over at least the preceding half-century. My Eyes Have Seen the Glory “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, Obviously you wrote this blog entry back in 2012, before Harvard Professor John Stauffer’s research and intriguing project on this very hymn. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. My Eyes Have Seen the Glory is a match-by-match, blow-by-blow, superbly illustrated account of the most memorable season of English football in recent years. 2. Slavery was an evil that had to be confronted. Greg Theoharis said: This Week's Dispatch: The Rise of Gareth Bale, The Fall of Barack Obama. God may not have been with the Union, but I certainly hope he was against the Confederacy. With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me: Lilies. . Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.” Stanza 2. Glory! I don’t believe the entire song was written to fit into the specific scenario of the Civil War, though written at the beginning of the conflict. Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with His heel, And this trumpet won’t ever sound forth the call to retreat, because Christ is going to win. But to do so is untruthful, and an offense to Jesus himself. It was late. He will vindicate his children; he will destroy sin and death; he will make his holiness known as never before; he will create a new heaven and a new earth; and he will rapture his children into the presence of the eternal, triune Godhead. “Tell it like it is!” “If we don’t learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it.” (Refrain ...) I am sorry, but I just don’t believe that the tune sprang spontaneously into life in 1861, and with such a pedestrian set of words. . All of our life is a marching toward the day of Christ’s return. And when he does return to Earth to wage war on his enemies, it will be he himself, not us, who does the crushing. No, John Steinbeck did not originate this phrase, and neither did Julia Ward Howe. Glory! Hallelujah! 1. The "Battle Hymn of the Republic", also known as "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory" outside of the United States, is a popular American patriotic song by the abolitionist writer Julia Ward Howe.Howe wrote her lyrics to the music of the song "John Brown's Body" in November 1861 and first published them in The Atlantic Monthly in February 1862. 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. “I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples no one was with me; I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath; their lifeblood spattered on my garments, and stained all my apparel. . “His soul’s marching on!” the Union soldiers sung in refrain—until Howe rewrote the lyrics, that is. is a good thing. (Refrain ...) I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps; ( Log Out /  His day is marching on. KJV. I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps, . the American Indians thru contemporary politics. He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; Glory! My Eyes Have Seen the Glory is a match-by-match, blow-by-blow, superbly illustrated account of the most memorable season of English football in recent years. Jeremiah 4:19; Ezekiel 7:14). His truth is marching on. Get people to cogitate on the Last Days . I personally believe that it was really destined to continue to warn people about the second coming of Jesus and to get your life in order. [Refrain] Bb Glory! I never realized the central message of this song until I read through all five stanzas for the first time this week:  the Union forces were instruments of divine judgment and retribution against the Confederate states for establishing and persisting in the evil institution of slavery. Fit for the Battle . Mine Eyes Have Seen the GlorySeventh-day Adventist Hymnal 647 Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! Let’s spread the good news—bang, you’re dead. At the resurrection,.the saints shall judge the wicked and bring the vengeance of His Temple. Yes, it is a war song, pure and simple. Glory! The American civil war was fought with honest conviction to abolish a humanely corrupted nature.Slavery was an act of Hell. He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; Should we ban it from our country’s political gatherings? Each one has the opportunity to make an informed decision as to whose side we want to be on . Here are just a few examples: In this stanza, Howe writes that Christ was in the watch-fires of the Union military camps, and more than that, that the camps they set up pleased him—they were altars of worship, erected in his name. The war context is obvious from the third line. Rather, as a poet, she would have been using the Nothern/Southern/Slavery situation as an analogy for Christ’s Second Coming and what will happen. Make the whole of American history available to all grade school students. The prophet Joel recorded a “word of the Lord” in Joel 3:13:  “Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. The chairman expected, the fans expected; Mancini has delivered. MLK: Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory TIME: Even after the Supreme Court struck down segregation in 1954, what the world now calls human-rights offenses were both law and custom in much of America. . Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! A few weeks ago I was sitting up in bed talking with my husband. Glory! ( Log Out /  Hallelujah! OCP Session ChoirJourneysongs Third Edition: Volume 25℗ 2012 OCP. They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps; Glory, glory, hallelujah! “Why do you not write some good words for that stirring tune?” he suggested—something higher-minded, something grander and more poetic, not so coarse. Glory! Gary isn't sure. It was first published in February, 1862, issue of The Atlantic Monthly, though the version printed there lacks the refrain as well as the sixth verse. I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps: Clicking this link is a bit like tugging my tails, tbh, but you’re probably gonna do it anyway~ Great Kitsune; Lois; Marion Proudly powered by Tuto WordPress theme from MH Themes. Hallelujah Our God Is … The hymn – I see as I read it- is a call to repentance and warning to ALL. He is wisdom to the mighty, He is honor to the brave; But in this song, the day of the Lord is ushered in by the marching forward of the Union troops. (Refrain ...). The Civil War was a holy war, she suggests, sanctioned by God to wipe out the sins (or rather, the sinners) of the nation; the North will be blessed, just as soon as they finish off all those who scorn their God. Mine eyes have seen the glory. We've washed ourselves with ni*ger's blood and all the mongrels too. 9. glory of the Lord--"the brightness or glory which is represented as encompassing all heavenly visions" [OLSHAUSEN]. Even Bob Dylan has written lyrics with “take it as you want” inference. Glory, glory… Glory, glory, hallelujah! "My Eyes Have Seen The Glory" is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. Since God is marching on. Notice the conflation of Christian apocalyptic imagery with the Union military campaign of the 1860s. CURIOUSLY I LOOKED UP ON MY COMPUTER THE ADDITIONAL VERSES AND HISTORY OF THE SONG AND CAME ACROSS YOUR ENTRY. I sent this link to all my relatives. While God is marching on. (Seems obvious enough.). So the world shall be His footstool, and the soul of Time His slave, . Interestingly, though, the hymnal I grew up with (Majesty Hymns, Greenville, S.C.: Majesty Music, 1997), and in fact the majority of renditions, replace the word “die” with “live”:  “As He died to make men holy, let us live to make men free.”  This has a much nicer ring to it, and a wider applicability. Why criticise it for being so effective? This honour have all his saints. I agree. 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: Our God Is Marching On. For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and my year of redemption had come. Pingback: Now I see why are country is in the state it is. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY. The world has looked on as Man City has grown in strength under the steady leadership of Roberto Mancini. Glory, glory, hallelujah! Hallelujah! It was played during the Boston fireworks show on Wednesday, only a mile or so away from where its lyricist, Julia Ward Howe, is buried. The world has looked on as Man City has grown in strength under the steady leadership of Roberto Mancini. West Virginia was controversially carved out of the state of Virginia by Virginians who were Union sympathizers, who intended their portion of the state to do away with slavery, since the existing state of Virginia had no intention of giving up slavery.
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