The Army and Navy Hymnal/Hymns/O Where Are Kings and Empires Now
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- 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. - We mark her goodly battlements,
And her foundations strong :
We hear within the solemn voice
Of her unending song. - For not like kingdoms of the world, Thy holy Church, O God!
Tho' earthquake shocks are threatening her,
And tempests are abroad, - Unshaken as eternal hills,
Immovable she stands,
A mountain that shall fill the earth,
A house not made by hands. Amen.