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435 ~ O Where Are Kings

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.