Returning to His throne above

Verse 1
Returning to his throne above
The friend of sinners cried,
Do this in mem’ry of my love;
He spoke the word, and died.

Verse 2
He tasted death for every one,
The Saviour of mankind
Out of our sight to heaven is gone,
But left his pledge behind.

Verse 3
His sacramental pledge we take,
Nor will we let it go;
Till in the clouds our Lord comes back
We thus his death will shew.

Verse 4
Come quickly, Lord, for whom we mourn,
And comfort all that grieve,
Prepare the bride, and then return
And to thyself receive.

Verse 5
Now to thy gracious kingdom come,
(Thou hast a token given)
And when thy arms receive us home
Recall thy pledge in heaven.

Hymnal/Album: Introduced in a hymnal jointly credited to John and Charles Wesley; it is likely though not fully certain that Charles wrote it. Introduced in Hymns on the Lord's Supper, published by John and Charles Wesley (Bristol: Felix Farley, 1745).Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 3 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 289.
Publishing: Public Domain