Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#203

203. O where are kings and empires now

1 O where are kings and empires now,
Of old, that went and came?
But, Lord, Thy Church is praying yet,
A thousand years the same.

2 We mark her goodly battlements
And her foundations strong;
We hear, within, the solemn voice
Of her unending song.

3 For not like kingdoms of the world
Thy Holy Church, O God!
Though earthquake shocks are threatening
And tempests are abroad.

4 Unshaken as th'eternal hills,
Immovable she stands,
A mountain that shall fill the earth,
A house not made with hands.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O where are kings and empires now
• Author: Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1839)
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: ST. ANNE
• Composer: William Croft (1708)
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: C Major
• Notes: Public Domain.