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[Live on the field of battle!]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. E. H. Nevin, D.D. Incipit: 15121 31171 23232 Used With Text: On the Field of Battle

On the Field of Battle

Appears in 35 hymnals First Line: Live on the field of battle! Used With Tune: [Live on the field of battle!]

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Hymnal: Songs of the Kingdom #47 (1896) First Line: Live on the field of battle Lyrics: 1 Live on the field of battle! Be earnest in the fight; Stand forth with manly courage, And struggle for the right. Live! live! live! live! On the field of battle. 2 Watch on the field of battle! The foe is ev’rywhere; His fiery darts fly quickly, Like lightning thro’ the air. Watch! watch! watch! watch! On the field of battle. 3 Pray on the field of battle! God works with those who pray; His mighty arm can nerve us, And make us win the day. Pray! pray! pray! pray! On the field of battle. 4 Die on the field of battle! ‘Tis noble thus to die; God smiles on valiant soldiers, Their record is on high. Die! die! die! die! On the field of battle. Topics: Warfare; Work Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:23 Languages: English Tune Title: [Live on the field of battle]

The Christian Hero

Author: Rev. Edwin H. Nevin Hymnal: The Junior Hymnal #7 (1895) First Line: Live on the field of battle! Refrain First Line: Live! Live! Live! Live! on the field of battle Languages: English Tune Title: [Live on the field of battle!]

On the Field of Battle

Hymnal: Temperance Rallying Songs #47 (1888) First Line: Live on the field of battle! Languages: English Tune Title: [Live on the field of battle!]

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Edwin H. Nevin

1814 - 1889 Person Name: Rev. E. H. Nevin, D.D. Author of "The Christian Hero" in Gospel Praise Book. Nevin, Edwin Henry, D.D., son of Major David Nevin, was born at Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, May 9, 1814. He graduated in Arts at Jefferson College, 1833; and in Theology at Princeton Seminary, in 1836. He held several pastorates as a Presbyterian Minister from 1836 to 1857; then as a Congregational Minister from 1857 to 1868; and then, after a rest of six years through ill health, as a Minister of the Reformed Church, first at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and then in Philadelphia. Dr. Nevin is the author of several hymns, the more important of which are:— 1. Always with me [us], always with [us] me. Jesus always present. 2. Come up hither, come away. Invitation Heavenward. 3. Happy, Saviour, would I be. Trust. This is given in the Lyra Sacra Americana as "Saviour! happy should I be." This change was made by the editor "with the consent and approbation of the author." 4. 0 heaven, sweet heaven. Heaven. Written and published in 1862 after the death of a beloved son, which made heaven nearer and dearer from the conviction that now a member of his family was one of its inhabitants" (Schaff’s Christ in Song, 1870, p. 539). 5. Live on the field of battle. Duty. Appeared in the Baptist Devotional Hymn Book, 1864. 6. I have read of a world of beauty. Heaven. 7. Mount up on high! as if on eagle's wings. Divine Aspirations. Of these hymns, Nos. 1, 2, 3 appeared in Nason's Congregational Hymn Book, 1857; and all, except No. 5, are in the Lyra Sacra Americana, 1868. [Rev. F.M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)