Unmoved the pillars stand

Verse 1
Unmov’d the pillars stand,
For God ordains it so,
Supported by their Saviour[’s] hand
They prop his house below;
Against the furious storm
They turn their steady face:
And we can all things now perform
Thro’ his Almighty grace.

Verse 2
In this degenerate age
If persecution roar,
A few shall stand the utmost rage
Of earthly, hellish power;
And whom the Lord shall choose
For Satan to disperse,
Shall fly, and spread the joyful news
Throughout the universe.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Except the apostles.’—[Acts 8,] v. 1.” This hymn appears in the 1764 manuscript “MS Acts.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/555, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 220.
Publishing: Public Domain