Dare to Be a Daniel

DESCRIPTION: "Standing by a purpose true, Heeding God's command, Honor them, the faithful few! All hail to Daniel's Band!" "Dare to be a Daniel! Dare to stand alone! Dare to have a purpose firm! Dare to make it known!" Evil cannot stand against Daniel's Band
AUTHOR: Philip P. Bliss (1838-1876) (source: Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
EARLIEST DATE: 1873 (according to hymnary.org)
KEYWORDS: religious | Daniel
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 109, "Dare to be a Daniel" (1 fragment)
Roud #25352
NOTES [58 words]: For more on Philip Paul Bliss, see the notes to "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning."
Daniel's Band, one suspects, is the three Hebrew Children saved from the fiery furnace in chapter 3 of the Book of Daniel; Daniel stood alone against the secular power in Daniel 6. The four are all tested together by a command to eat the royal rations in Daniel 1. - RBW
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