em­pires

The phrase "em­pires" resonates through 5 hymns, touching hearts across generations.

em­pires· 5 hymns found
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The Word still stands, the Christ­ian’s trust,
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Upheld by whom the na­tions stand,
Or spend for fa­shion, pride and plea­sures,
To the earth’s re­mot­est bound;

em­pires

Lo, what the Word in times of old
Of old, that went and came?
Beneath Thy long sus­pend­ed ire,
While em­pires for the Gos­pel plead?
Soon shall hear the so­lemn sound;

We Have a Sure Prophetic Word

lyricist: Emanuel Cronenwett, 1885
Composer: Geistliche Lieder, 1535
Hymn 1

...The Word still stands, the Christ­ian’s trust,

While haugh­ty em­pires lie in dust.

Lo, what the Word in times of old...

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The Word still stands, the Christ­ian’s trust,

While haugh­ty em­pires lie in dust.

Lo, what the Word in times of old

We Have a Sure Prophetic Word

O Where Are Kings and Empires Now?

lyricist: Arthur Coxe, 1839
Composer: Thomas Tallis, ca. 1567
Hymn 2

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O where are kings and em­pires now

Of old, that went and came?...

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O where are kings and em­pires now

Of old, that went and came?

O Where Are Kings and Empires Now?

Great God, Whom Heaven, and Earth, and Sea

lyricist: Augustus Toplady, 1759
Composer: German tune
Hymn 3

...Upheld by whom the na­tions stand,

And em­pires fall at Thy com­mand.

Beneath Thy long sus­pend­ed ire,...

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Upheld by whom the na­tions stand,

And em­pires fall at Thy com­mand.

Beneath Thy long sus­pend­ed ire,

Great God, Whom Heaven, and Earth, and Sea

The Missionary Marseillaise

lyricist: W. P. Rivers, before 1929
Composer: Rouget de Lisle, 1792
Hymn 4

...Or spend for fa­shion, pride and plea­sures,

While em­pires for the Gos­pel plead?

While em­pires for the Gos­pel plead?...

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Or spend for fa­shion, pride and plea­sures,

While em­pires for the Gos­pel plead?

While em­pires for the Gos­pel plead?

The Missionary Marseillaise

See the Vivid Lightnings Flashing

lyricist: Benjamin Beddome (1717–1795)
Composer: Edward Hopkins, 1879
Hymn 5

...To the earth’s re­mot­est bound;

Distant em­pires, lands and na­tions,

Soon shall hear the so­lemn sound;...

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To the earth’s re­mot­est bound;

Distant em­pires, lands and na­tions,

Soon shall hear the so­lemn sound;

See the Vivid Lightnings Flashing

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