9 But let us plead for sin no more,

But let the stumbling-block depart,
Our vile idolatries be o'er,

Thine, only Thine, be all our heart.

10 Lord, we renounce whoe'er oppose
And fight against Thy saving power;
Consume not us among Thy foes,

Nor let Thy two-edged sword devour.
11 O let us of Thy strength take hold,
Thine utmost promises embrace,
The Finisher of faith behold,

The God of all-victorious grace.

12 To him that conquers in Thy might
Thou wilt the hidden manna give;
Thou hast obtain'd it as Thy right,
And he shall Thy deserts receive.

13 Thou, Lord, wilt give him a white stone,
A new mysterious name impart,

To none but the receiver known,

CHRIST IN A PURE AND SINLESS HEART.

UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH IN THYATIRA.

VERSES 18, 19, &c.

I O SON OF GOD, whose flaming eyes

A sin-consuming virtue dart,

To scatter all Thy foes arise,

And search, and purify our heart.

Unto the Angel of the Church in Thyatira. 351

2 Lift up Thy feet of burnish'd brass,

Satan, the world, and sin tread down;
Pity a froward, faithless race,

And call us yet again Thine own.

3 The service which our fathers paid,
The faith Thou didst in them approve,
Of this we now have shipwreck made,
And lost our hope and left our love.

4 The prophets of smooth things we hear,
Who all Thy promises deny,

Entrap Thy servants in their snare,
And catch them with a soothing lie.

5 They teach them things unclean to eat, To fold their arms and take their ease, Spiritual whoredom to commit,

Mammon and God at once to please.

6 Darkness they make with light agree, And heaven with hell, and Christ with sin; They say the God of purity

Dwells in a cage of birds unclean.

7 Great Searcher of the heart and reins,
Whose eyes our inmost substance see,
Who dost, to all, rewards and pains
According to their works decree ;

8 Avert from us the heavy doom
Of such deniers of their Lord;
(Whose wrath shall to the utmost come
On all that dare corrupt His word;)

9 On us no other burden lay,

On us, and all who have not known
What Satan and his preachers say,

But still for full redemption groan.

10 Our knees confirm, our hands lift up, Our hearts from things of earth remove, And guide into a patient hope

And looking for Thy perfect love.

11 Let us hold fast the pledge of good, The grace Thou hast already given, Till all our hearts are Thine abode,

And find in Thee their present heaven.

12 O let us conquer all our foes,
And active to the end endure,
Maintain Thy works, whoe'er oppose;
To working faith the word is sure.

13 Power over hell, and earth, and sin,
The lawful conqueror shall receive;
An everlasting power brought in,
Power without fear or sin to live.

14 Power to o'erturn, subdue, control
The nations with an iron rod;
(Implanted in the new-born soul

The wisdom, and the power of God;)

15 Power over sins, to hew, and slay Them all with a continued stroke,

And scatter as the potter's clay,

As vessels into shivers broke.

Unto the Angel of the Church in Sardis. 353

16 Power to maintain his victory,

The perfect life of faith to live;
Power, as the Father gave to Thee,
Thou to the conquering soul wilt give.

17 Wilt give him the bright Morning Star :

The Morning Star, O Christ, Thou art;
And lo! we see Thee gleam from far,
And wait Thy rising in our heart!

UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH IN SARDIS.

Chapter iii. 1, 2, &c.

I O THOU whose eyes run to and fro
Through earth, and every creature see,
What is it which Thou dost not know?
All things are manifest to Thee.

2 Thou hast the spirits, seven and one,

Thou hast the stars in Thy right hand,
And all our works to Thee are known:
How shall we in Thy judgment stand?
3 Thou know'st we take in vain Thy name,
While dead in trespasses we live;

Thee for our Lord we falsely claim,
While to the world our hearts we give.

4 A powerless form, a lifeless sound,
Our works as vanity are light;

Wanting, alas! they all are found,
And worse than nothing in Thy sight.

5 O that we now might turn again,

And cherish the last spark of grace,
Strengthen the things that yet remain,
And call to mind the ancient days.

6 Surely we did Thy faith receive,

We heard with joy the gospel word:
O let us now repent and live,

And watch to apprehend our Lord;

7 Stir ourselves up, renounce our ease,

Before Thy sudden judgments come; And watch, and pray, and never cease,

Till Thou repeal our threatening doom.

8 A few Thou still hast left, who stand And depecrate the' impending blow, Protectors of a guilty land,

And guardian angels here below.

9 They, by Thy mercy reconciled,
For our unhappy Sardis plead ;
Harmless, and pure, and undefiled,
They ever in Thy footsteps tread.

10 Before they see the realms of light,

Deserving here through Thy desert,
Worthy they walk with Thee in white,
In spotless purity of heart.

II Partakers of the life Divine,

Who in the fight of faith o'ercome,
They all shall in Thine image shine,

Made ready for their heavenly home.