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His kingdom is everlasting.
Danl. 7:27.
O where are kings and empires now,
Of old that went and came?
But holy Church is praying yet,
A thousand years the same.
2 Mark ye her holy battlements,
And her foundations strong:
And hear within, the solemn voice,
And her unending song.
3 For not like kingdoms of the world,
The Holy Church of God!
Though earthquake shocks are rocking her,
And tempests are abroad;
4 Unshaken as eternal hills,
Unmovable she stands—
A mountain that shall fill the earth,
A fane unbuilt by hands.
A. C. Coxe.