
Author: Arthur Cleveland Coxe, 1818 - 96 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #154 (1958) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 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 her,
And tempests are abroad;
4 Unshaken as eternal hills,
Immovable she stands,
A mountain that shall fill the earth,
A house not made with hands. Topics: The Church The People of God; The Church The House of God Languages: English Tune Title: TALLIS' ORDINAL
O where are kings and empires now