Where is the GOD of Shadrach? where

Verse 1
Where is the GOD of Shadrach? where
Abednego’s and Meshach’s Power,
Thro’ whom we may the Furnace bear,
The Violence of Hell’s hottest Hour!

Verse 2
Be Thou omnipotently near,
Whose Form is as the Son of Man,
Amidst the raging Flames appear,
And all their burning Power restrain.

Verse 3
Thou knowst, O Lord, in thy great Name
Unshaken Confidence we have,
Send us the promis’d Help we claim,
Now, Jesus, and forever save.

Verse 4
The World’s Infernal King exclaims,
Whose Image we disdain t’ adore,
At his Command the Furnace flames,
Flames seven times hotter than before.

Verse 5
His mighty Chiefs have cast us in,
Behold, ye Heathen, and admire,
Loose from our Bands we here are seen
And walk unhurt amidst the Fire.

Verse 6
We walk throughout our evil Day,
Our Leader in the Furnace see,
The lambent Flames around us play,
And own the present Deity.

Verse 7

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Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “The Fiery Trial.” This hymn appears in the mid-1750s manuscript “MS Richmond.” 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 1977/551, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 3 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1992) pages 129-30.
Publishing: Public Domain