There dwell the saints, once foes to God
The sinners whom he calls his own.
4 There, though besieged on every side,
Yet much beloved and guarded well,
From age to age they have defied
The utmost force of earth and hell.
5 Let earth repent and hell despair,
This city has a sure defence ;
Her name is call d " The Lord is there,"
And who has poVer to drive him thence ?
73.
The Power and Triumph of Faith.—Dan. iii, 6.
1 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.
2 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.
3 As vain was the decree
Which charged them not to pray:
Daniel still bow d his knee,
And worshipp d thrice a day.
Trusting in God, he fear d not men,
Though threaten d with the lions den.
4 Secure they might refuse
Compliance with such laws ;
For what had they to lose
When God espoused their cause ?
He madethe hungry lions crouch ;
Nor durst the fire his children touch.
