Scripture Verse

The voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Revelation 19:6

Introduction

Words: J. M. Hobbs, in Songs of Tri­umph Nos. 1 and 2 Com­bined, com­piled by Jud­son W. Van De­Ven­ter (Lon­don & Glas­gow, Scot­land: Scot­tish Bi­ble and Book So­ci­ety, 1890), num­ber 123.

Music: John R. Swe­ney (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Hobbs’ full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
John Sweney (1837–1899)

Lyrics

O the glo­ry hal­le­lu­jah
Has been ring­ing thro’ my soul,
Ever since I came to Je­sus,
And His Spir­it made me whole;
Now my spirit, soul and bo­dy
All are un­der His con­trol,
On the glo­ry hal­le­lu­jah line.

Refrain

Glory, glo­ry!
Oh yes, ’tis glo­ry in my soul
Ever since I came to Je­sus,
And His Spir­it made me whole,
I’ve been on the hal­le­lu­jah line.

O the hal­le­lu­jah chor­us
Is a glo­ri­ous one to sing,
But the soul’s true hal­le­lu­jah
Is awak­ened by our king;
For the joy of His sal­va­tion
Makes the heart with mu­sic ring,
On the glo­ry hal­le­lujah line.

Refrain

I’m a hal­le­lu­jah pil­grim,
And I’ll ne­ver hold my peace
Till my bless­èd Sav­ior tells me,
Then, then on­ly will I cease
To in­vite poor, hun­gry sin­ners,
Come and share the Gos­pel feast,
On the glo­ry hal­le­lu­jah line.

Refrain

Then be rea­dy, faith­ful pil­grims,
To go for­ward in the fight,
Take the Spir­it’s blade of vic­to­ry,
Wielding it with all your might,
For with faith in God we con­quer,
And we’ll praise Him with de­light,
On the glo­ry hal­le­lu­jah line.

Refrain