Book 1, Hymn 138 · William Cowper · Public-domain words
Write to Sardis, saith the Lord
Book 1, Hymn 138 · William Cowper
The words
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Stanza 1. “Write to Sardis, saith the Lord,And write what He declares;He whose Spirit, and whose word,Upholds the seven stars:All thy works and ways I search,Find thy zeal and love decayed;Thou art called a living church,But thou art cold and dead.
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Stanza 2. Watch, remember, seek and strive,Exert thy former pains;Let thy timely care revive,And strengthen what remains:Cleanse thine heart, thy works amend:Former times to mind recall;Lest my sudden stroke descend,And smite thee once for all.
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Stanza 3. Yet I number now, in thee,A few that are upright;These my Father’s face shall see,And walk with me in white:When in judgment I appear,They for mine shall be confessed;Let my faithful servants hear,And woe be to the rest.
Olney Hymns (1779), Book 1, Hymn 138. William Cowper. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/1-138
About these words
William Cowper lived from 1731 to 1800. These historical words are public domain.
This hymn belongs to the complete three-book collection first published in 1779.
