Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Fallen on Zion's battle-field
Topic: The Present and the Future/Life and Death
Writer: J Maffitt
Composer:
Meter: CMD
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1073
Page Number: 634, 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 flooting 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 wallk,
And shouted victory!
Fallen - a holy man of God,
An Isaclite 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,
Beyond the stormy battle-field
He reigns in triuph now,
Sweeping a harp of wond'rous song
With glory on his brow!