Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: O where are kings and empires now
Topic: The Church/Divine Constitution
Writer: A Coxe
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 451
Page Number: 275, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO 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.