Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Fallen on Zion's battlefield
Topic: Funerals
Writer: J Maffitt
Composer: I Pleyel
Meter: CM double
Tune: Brattle Street
Hymn Number: 337
Page Number: 111, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFALLEN, on Zion's battle-field,
A soldier of renown,
Armed in the panoply of God,
In conflict cloven down!
His helmet on, his armor bright,
His cheek unblanched with fear,
While round his head there gleamed a light,
His dying hour to cheer.
Fallen, while cheering with his voice
The sacramental host!
With banners floating on the air,
Death found him at his post.
In life's high prime the warfare closed,
But not ingloriously,
He fell beyond the outer wall,
And shouted vic-to-ry!
Fallen, a holy man of God,
An Israelite indeed,
A standard-bearer of the cross,
Mighty in word and deed;
A master spirit of the age,
A bright and burning light,
Whose beams across the firmament
Scattered the clouds of night!
Fallen, as sets the sun at eve,
To rise in splendor where
His kindred luminaries shine,
Their heaven of bliss to share!
Beyond the stormy battle-field
He reigns in triumph now,
Sweeping a harp of wondrous song,
With glory on his brow.