Battle Hymn Rewritten

From Baptist Peacemaker, January-March, 2009

Battle Hymn of the Republic, Revised
by Doug Norton

My eyes have seen the glory of the providence of God,
In the bounty of the vintage and the beauty of the sod;
In infusing faithful light along each path that we have trod:
God's love goes on and on.

Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
God's love goes on and on.

We have seen God in the star fires and the emptiness of space;
We have felt God at the altar and within a friend’s embrace;
We can read God’s righteous sentence in each loving human face;
God’s grace goes on and on.

Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
God’s grace goes on and on.

God has sounded forth the music to which every heart can beat
In a symphony of living in a harmony complete.
Oh, be swift, my soul, to sing along! Be jubilant, my feet!
God’s truth goes on and on.

Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
God’s truth goes on and on.

In the beauty of the living of a life in Galilee
Comes a glorious glimpse of Godliness for all the world to see.
Just as God’s light shines through Jesus, let us all God’s prism be:
God’s light shines on and on.

Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
God’s light shines on and on.

Doug Norton is a member of Central Baptist Church in Wayne, PA. These lyrics were written in June, 2008