How Vainly Strive Ungodly Foes

How vain­ly strive un­god­ly foes

Christ’s grow­ing em­pire to re­strain!

And with pre­sump­tu­ous scorn op­pose

The Gos­pel’s ev­er­last­ing reign!

The Lord on His etern­al throne

Derides their im­po­tent de­signs;

His word is sure—“Thou art My Son

In whom My per­fect im­age shines.

Earth’s ut­most bounds shall own Thy sway

And ran­somed hea­then bow the knee;

While ov­er­whelm­ing wrath shall slay

The foes that will not wor­ship Thee.

Lord

let our trust in Him be placed

Who reigns and in­ter­cedes ab­ove;

That we with trem­bling joy may taste

The bless­ing of a Sav­ior’s love.