Sunday's Hymn: John Newton

Supported By The Word

Supported by the Word,
Though in himself a worm,
The servant of the Lord
Can wondrous acts perform:
Without dismay he boldly treads
Where’er the path of duty leads.

The haughty king in vain,
With fury on his brow,
Believers would constrain
To golden gods to bow:
The furnace could not make them fear,
Because they knew the Lord was near.

As vain was the decree
Which charged them not to pray;
Daniel still bowed his knee,
And worshiped thrice a day:
Trusting in God, he feared not men,
Though threatened with the lion’s den.

Secure they might refuse
Compliance with such laws,
For what had they to lose,
When God espoused their cause?
He made the hungry lions crouch,
Nor durst the fire His children touch.

The Lord is still the same,
A mighty shield and tow’r,
And they who trust His Name
Are guarded by His pow’r:
He can the rage of lions tame,
And bear them harmless through the flame.

Yet we too often shrink
When trials are in view;
Expecting we must sink,
And never can get through.
But could we once believe indeed,
From all these fears we should be freed.

(Illustration by Gustave Dore: Daniel in the Den of Lions)

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Other hymns, worship songs, etc. posted today:

• How Honorable is the Place and more, at The Thirsty Theologian
• Lamb of God at John Dekker's Journal
• My Hope Is Built at Ian's Messy Desk
• Rejoice, the Lord is King! at Unity Without Verity
• That's What Faith Must Be at Chez Kneel
• The Collect For The Twenty-Third Sunday After Trinity at Magic Statistics

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