Verse 1
Sons of God, triumphant rise,
Shout th’ accomplish’d sacrifice!
Shout your sins in Christ forgiv’n,
Sons of God, and heirs of heav’n!
Verse 2
Ye that round our altars throng,
List’ning angels join the song:
Sing with us, ye heav’nly pow’rs,
Pardon, grace, and glory ours!
Verse 3
Love’s mysterious work is done!
Greet we now th’accepted[1] Son,
Heal’d and quicken’d by his blood,
Join’d to Christ, and one with God.
Verse 4
Christ, of all our hopes the seal;
Peace divine in Christ we feel,
Pardon to our souls applied:
Dead for all, for me he died!
Verse 5
Sin shall tyrannize no more,
Purg’d its guilt, dissolv’d its pow’r;
Jesus makes our hearts his throne,
There he lives, and reigns alone.
Verse 6
Grace our ev’ry thought controuls,
Heav’n is open’d in our souls,
Everlasting life is won,
Glory is on earth begun.
Verse 7
Christ in us; in him we see
Fulness of the deity.
Beam of the eternal beam;
Life divine we taste in him!
Verse 8
Him we only taste below;[2]
Mightier joys ordain’d to know[3]
Him when fully ours we prove,[4]
Ours the heav’n of perfect love![5]
[1] Wesley changed “Th’ accepted” to “th’ atoning” in 1743.
[2] Wesley changed “Him we only taste below” to “Him we taste; but wait to know” in 1743, to “Him by faith we taste below” in 1745, and back to “Him we taste; but wait to know” in 1756.
[3] Wesley changed “Mightier joys ordain’d to know” to “Mightier happiness below” in 1743.
[4] Wesley changed “Him when fully ours we prove” to “When his utmost grace we prove” in 1745.
[5] Wesley changed “Ours the heav’n of perfect love” to “Rise to heaven by perfect love” in 1745.