333 | The Hymnal#334 | 335 |
Text: | O where are kings and empires now |
Author: | Bishop A. Cleveland Coxe |
Tune: | ST. ANNE |
Composer (probable): | William Croft (1678-1727) |
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 by hands.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O where are kings and empires now |
Author: | Bishop A. Cleveland Coxe (1839) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Publication Date: | 1950 |
Topic: | The Church and the Sacraments: The Church; Zion |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. ANNE |
Composer (probable): | William Croft (1678-1727) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | C Major |
Source: | "Supplement to the New Version" |