Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace.
Daniel 3:17
Words: Mrs. E. C. Ellsworth, in Precious Jewels, edited by J. H. Leslie & R. B. Mahaffey (New York: C. M. Cady, 1878), page 45.
Music: Alanya J. H. Leslie (🔊 pdf nwc).
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Lo, the flames of fierce temptation
Flash around the soul;
’Mid the fury of the passions,
Hath the Lord control?
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Yes, the loved one walks in safety,
Walks, but not alone;
Lo, a form, divine and comely,
Shields from harm His own.
In the furnace of affliction,
Bound by sorrow’s chain;
Thro’ the crucible of suffering,
Can the Lord sustain?
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From the touch of worldly scorning,
Shrinks the soul in fear;
Thro’ the torture slow, consuming,
Will the Lord appear?
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