Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Fallen on Zion's battle-field
Topic: Death/In Prime of Life
Writer: J Maffitt
Composer: I Pleyel
Meter: CM double
Tune: Brattle Street
Hymn Number: 395
Page Number: 138, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFALLEN! on Zion's battle-field,
A soldier of renown,
Arm'd in the panoply of God,
In conflict cloven down!
His helmet on, his armor bright,
His cheek unblanch'd with fear,
While round his head there gleam'd alight,
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 clos'd,
But not ingloriously;
He fell beyond the outer wall,
And shouted, Victory!
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
Scatter'd the clouds of night.
Fallen! as sets the sun at eve,
To rise in splendor where
His kindred luminaries shine,
Their heav'n 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!