Where shall this memorial end?

Verse 1
Where shall this memorial end?
Thither let our souls ascend,
Live on earth to heaven restor’d,
Wait the coming of our Lord.

Verse 2
Jesus terminates our hope,
Jesus is our wishes’ scope,
End of this great mystery
Him we fain would die to see.

Verse 3
He whom we remember here,
Christ shall in the clouds appear,
Manifest to every eye,
We shall soon behold him nigh.

Verse 4
Faith ascends the mountain’s height,
Now enjoys the pompous sight,
Antedates the final doom,
Sees the judge in glory come.

Verse 5
Lo, he comes triumphant down,
Seated on his great white throne!
Cherubs bear it on their wings,
Shouting bear the King of kings.

Verse 6
Lo, his glorious banner spread
Stains the skies with deepest red,
Dies the land, and fires the wood,
Turns the ocean into blood.

Verse 7
Gather’d to the well-known sign
We our elder brethren join,
Swiftly to our Lord fly up,
Hail him on the mountain-top;

Verse 8
Take our happy seats above,
Banquet on his heavenly love,
Lean on our Redeemer’s breast,
In his arms for ever rest.

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 287.
Publishing: Public Domain