Century follows century - There it stands.
Empires rise and fall and are forgotten - There it stands.
Dynasty succeeds dynasty - There it stands.
Kings are crowned and uncrowned - There it stands.
Despised and torn to pieces - There it stands.
Storms of hate swirl about it - There it stands.
Atheists rail against it - There it stands.
Agnostics smile cynically - There it stands.
Profane prayerless punsters caricature it - There it stands.
Unbelief abandons it - There it stands.
Higher critics deny its claim to inspiration - there it stands.
Thunderbolts of wrath smite - There it stands.
An anvil that has broken a million hammers - there it stands.
The flames are kindled about it - There it stands.
The arrows of hate are discharged against it - There it stands.
Radicalism rants and raves against it - There it stands.
Fogs of sophistry conceal it temporarily - There it stands.
The tooth of time gnaws but makes no dent in it - There it stands.
Infidels predict its abandonment - There it stands.
Modernism tries to explain it away - There it stands.
- A. Z. Conrad, Congregational Pastor
- quoted by R. G. Lee in the book,
- A Charge to Keep
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