When Jesus in the clouds ye see

When Jesus in the clouds ye see
Ascending to his pompous throne
Inrob’d in all his majesty
The Father’s co-eternal Son,
Surrounded with his dazling quire,
Blessing the church he leaves below;
No marvel if ye then inquire
How can this God his flesh bestow?

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?’—[John 6,] v. 62." This hymn appears in the 1763-64 manuscript “MS John.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/573, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 391.
Publishing: Public Domain