2.
“When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be
burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.”
When for the sins of Thine own Israel
Nebuchadnezzar sits upon the throne,
And holds her in the chains of Babylon,
He with His children in the fires shall dwell
Who now, to human eyes made visible,
Stands before Pilate;—to them shall be known,
Walk with them, and shall claim them for His own.
As here on earth, when conflagrations swell,
Heaven's winds rush down, and are around them brought,
So in the kingdom of Thy grace below,
When fires of persecution round us grow,
Thy Spirit, like a moist and freshening wind,
Comes to be with us in the viewless mind,
With visitations of refreshing thought.
