5 The Lord is still the same,
A mighty shield and tower,
And they who trust his name
Are guarded by his power ;
He can the rage of lions tame,
And bear them harmless through the flame.
6 Yet we too often shrink
When trials are in view,
Expecting we must sink,
And never can get through :
But could we once believe indeed,
From all these fears we should be freed.
74.
Belshazzar.—Dan. v, 5, 6.
1 POOR sinners! little do they think
With whom they have to do!
But stand securely on the brink
Of everlasting woe.
2 Belshazzar thus, profanely bold,
The Lord of hosts defied ;
But vengeance soon his boasts control d,
And humbled all his pride.
3 He saw a hand upon the wall
(And trembled on his throne),
Which wrote his sudden dreadful fall
In characters unknown.
4 Why should he tremble at the view
Of what he could not read ?
Foreboding conscience quickly knew
His ruin was decreed.
5 See him o erwhelm d with deep distress ;
His eyes with anguish roll ;
His looks and loosen d joints express
The terrors of his soul.
6 His pomp and music, guests and wine,
No more delight afford:
sinner, ere this case be thine,
Begin to seek the Lord.
