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Write to Sardis, saith the Lord Sardis

William Cowper printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book I, no. 138, under Revelation 3:1–6.

WRITTEN BY

William Cowper 1731–1800

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 138

METRE

7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 3 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Revelation 3:1–6 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 3 stanzas as Cowper printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

SHARED WORDSthe verse shares the line's wording ECHOproposed by an AI model, confirmed by a separate check Not the author's own notes

Where Cowper found it

Cowper printed the hymn under Revelation 3:1–6. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

1“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead. 2Wake up and strengthen what remains, which was about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God. 3Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you. 4But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white. 5Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels. 6He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. REVELATION 3:1–6 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ REVELATION 3

“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. STANZA I

Its place in the book

Book I of Olney Hymns walks through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, one hymn per passage: 141 hymns. This is number 138. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 138 · WILLIAM COWPER · THIS HYMN Write to Sardis, saith the Lord

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