Martyn Iles

Tried is ev­ery faith­ful man,
As gold and sil­ver tried,
Purged by grief, and purged by pain,
And se­ven times pu­ri­fied:
All who stand the fie­ry test,
Receive Thine im­age from above,
Bear Thy fa­vo­rite name im­pressed,
Thy fa­vo­rite name of love.

Brought in­to the fire I am,
And Thou wilt bring me through,
I shall call up­on Thy name,
With all the crea­tures new;
I shall prove Thine ut­most word,
Brightened with Thy glo­ry, shine,
Claimed by Thee, shall claim my Lord
Through end­less ag­es mine.
–Charles Wesley

See also 1 Peter 1:3–9.

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