Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Oh where are kings and empires now
Topic: Christ/The Coronation
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: O Holden
Meter: CM
Tune: Coronation
Hymn Number: 154
Page Number: 061, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsOh where are kings and empires now,
Of old that went and came?
But Holy Church is praying yet,
A thousand years the same.
Mark ye her holy battlements,
And her foundations strong:
And hear within the solemn voice,
And her unending song.
For not like kingdoms of the world,
The Holy Church of God!
Though earthquake shocks are rocking her,
And tempests are abroad;
Unshaken as eternal hills,
Unmovable she stands--
A mountain that shall fill the earth,
A fane unbuilt by hands.