Scripture Verse

If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of thine hand. Daniel 3:17

Introduction

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Short Hymns (Bris­tol, Eng­land: E. Far­ley, 1762), Vol­ume 2, num­ber 1295.

Music: York. Me­lo­dy from the Scot­tish Psal­ter, 1615. Har­mo­ny by John Mil­ton, Sr. (1562–1647) (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

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Nebuchadnezzar Looking into the Fiery Furnace
Hurlbut’s Story of the Bible, 1902

Let earth and hell their pow­ers em­ploy,
A sure de­fense we have:
They are not near­er to de­stroy
Than Je­sus is to save.

And if it serve Thy glo­ry, Thou
Shalt pluck us from the flame,
Our God in ag­es past, and now,
And ev­er­more the same.