In vain were bribes shower’d by the guilty crown,
He sought no favour as he fear’d no frown.
Nor loudest storms his steady purpose broke,
Firm as the beaten anvil to the stroke.
Secure in faith, exempt from worldly views,
He dared the declaration to refuse;
Then from the sacred pulpit boldly show’d,
The dauntless Hebrews true to Israel’s God,
Who spake regardless of their king’s commands:
‘The God we serve can save us from thy hands;