All the stories have been told
Of kings and days of old
But there’s no Christendom now
(There’s no Christendom now)
All the wars that were won and lost
Somehow don’t seem to matter very much anymore
All the trusts have been sold
All the fire is now cold
There’s no Christendom now
(There’s no Christendom now)
All the troth that were made and broke
Somehow don’t seem to matter very much anymore
All the blood that once tied
Man to Man has now died
There’s no Christendom now
(There’s no Christendom now)
All the clans that were bold and strong
Somehow don’t seem to matter very much anymore
The prayers once asked
Are they part of the past?
Is there no Christendom now
(Is there no Christendom now)
Still, God remembers the pleas of yore
So somehow it all still matters very much anymore
As long as there’s a King
My voice will still now sing
There is a Christendom now
(There is a Christendom now)
God will arise and His enemies retreat
So somehow it all still matters very much anymore
Only through Holy Spirit can the faithful communities of old live again. For example, the long-suffering churches of Asia Minor (like Smyrna and Philadelphia) that were addressed to in the early part of the Book of Revelation are no longer with us in flesh, but in spirit.
As G.K. Chesterton put it:
“Christianity has died many times and risen again; for it had a god who knew the way out of the
grave.”