Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said . ...
.. . Be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods.
Daniel 3:16, 18
"The narrative of the manly courage and marvellous deliverance of the three holy children,
----or rather champions,----
is well calculated to excite in the minds of believers firmness and steadfastness in upholding the truth in the teeth of tyranny and in the very jaws of death.
Let young Christians especially learn from their example,
*both in matters of faith in religion,
*and matters of uprightness in business,
never to sacrifice their consciences.
Be not guided by the will-o'-the-wisp of policy,
but by the pole-star of divine authority.
To wear a guileless spirit, to have a heart void of offence, to have the favour and smile of God, is greater riches than the mines of Ophir could yield, or the traffic of Tyre could win."
Charles Spurgeon