Then, Jesus, then, when seven-times tried

Verse 1
Then, Jesus, then, when seven-times tried,
Thy people sav’d and sanctify’d
Thy glorious character shall bear!
A chosen race of priests and kings,
Each his accepted offering brings,
The incense pure of praise and prayer.

Verse 2
Returns the age of golden days,
The vigorous energy of grace,
That in thine ancient servants shone,
While God with constant smiles approves
The souls whom join’d to thee he loves,
Forever perfected in one.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.”—[Mal.] iii. 4. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 131.
Publishing: Public Domain