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Supported by the word The power and triumph of faith

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book I, no. 73, under Daniel 3:6.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 73

METRE

6.6.6.6.8.8 6 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Daniel 3:6 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 6 stanzas as Newton printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

SHARED WORDSthe verse shares the line's wording ECHOproposed by an AI model, confirmed by a separate check Not the author's own notes

AMONG THE SCRIPTURES

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a line echoes this verse its heading or an echo comes from here

STANZA I

Supported by the word

Supported by the word,

Though in himself a worm,

The servant of the LORD

Can wondrous acts perform:

Without dismay he boldly treads

Where’er the path of duty leads.

No line of this stanza quotes a verse closely; it is the hymn's own confession.

Where Newton found it

Newton printed the hymn under Daniel 3:6. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.” DANIEL 3:6 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ DANIEL 3

The haughty king in vain, With fury on his brow, Believers would constrain To golden gods to bow: The furnace could not make them fear, Because they knew the Lord was near. STANZA II

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Book I of Olney Hymns walks through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, one hymn per passage: 141 hymns. This is number 73. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 73 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN Supported by the word

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