William Cowper 7,6,7,6,7,7,7,6 Sardis. "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. 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. 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. |