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"Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise" by Charles Wesley (1707-1788) was published in 1739 in Hymns and Sacred Poems under the title "Hymn for Ascension-Day." The original poem comprised 10 stanzas, of which the first, second, fourth (highly altered), and fifth are preserved in The UM Hymnal. - UMDiscipleship.org
Hail the day that sees Him
rise, Alleluia!
To His throne above the skies, Alleluia!
Christ, awhile to mortals given, Alleluia!
Reascends His native heaven, Alleluia!
There the glorious
triumph waits, Alleluia!
Lift your heads,
eternal gates, Alleluia!
Christ hath conquered
death and sin, Alleluia!
Take the King of glory
in, Alleluia!
Circled round with
angel powers, Alleluia!
Their triumphant Lord,
and ours, Alleluia!
Conqueror over death
and sin, Alleluia!
“Take the King of
glory in! Alleluia!”
Him though highest
Heav’n receives, Alleluia!
Still He loves the
earth He leaves, Alleluia!
Though returning to
His throne, Alleluia!
Still He calls mankind
His own, Alleluia!
See! He lifts His
hands above, Alleluia!
See! He shows the
prints of love, Alleluia!
Hark! His gracious
lips bestow, Alleluia!
Blessings on His
church below, Alleluia!
Still for us His death
He pleads, Alleluia!
Prevalent He
intercedes, Alleluia!
Near Himself prepares
our place, Alleluia!
Harbinger of human
race, Alleluia!
Master, (will we ever say), Alleluia!
Taken from our head to day, Alleluia!
See Thy faithful servants, see, Alleluia!
Ever gazing up to Thee, Alleluia!
Grant, though parted
from our sight, Alleluia!
Far above yon azure
height, Alleluia!
Grant our hearts may thither
rise, Alleluia!
Seeking Thee beyond
the skies, Alleluia!
Ever upward let us
move, Alleluia!
Wafted on the wings of
love, Alleluia!
Looking when our Lord
shall come, Alleluia!
Longing, gasping after
home, Alleluia!
There we shall with
Thee remain, Alleluia!
Partners of Thy
endless reign, Alleluia!
There Thy face
unclouded see, Alleluia!
Find our heaven of
heavens in Thee, Alleluia!
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