“But that iʼ the gude grun are they wha, in an honest and leal heart, hear the word and grip it fast; and, tholin aʼ, bring their frute to perfeteness.
“ ‘To unsteek their een, that they may turn them aboot frae the mirk intil the licht, and frae Sautanʼs rule to God; that they may hae their sins forgiʼen, and hae their lot amang them wha are sanctifyʼt by faith in me.’
“The secret oʼ the seeven starns that ye saw on my richt haun, and the seeven lamp‐bearers oʼ gowd: the seeven starns are the messengers oʼ the Seeven Kirks; and the seeven lamp‐bearers are the Seeven Kirks.”