"All hail, Redeemer of mankind" is a Eucharistic hymn written by Charles Wesley. Recognized as one of his most distinct and pronounced sacramental texts, it was first published in John and Charles Wesley's 1745 collection, Hymns on the Lord's Supper (No. 124), in four six-line stanzas. It was subsequently reprinted in volume three of The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley (1868–1872).
The hymn entered congregational use in the nineteenth century, though its adoption remained largely confined to Church of England hymnals. In Francis Pott's Hymns fitted to the Order of Common Prayer (1861) and Godfrey Thring's Collection (1882), the second stanza was omitted. The Hymnary (1872) similarly excluded the second stanza while introducing textual alterations and appending an additional stanza beginning "Acceptance in His Holy Name."
The text is particularly noted for its third stanza, which articulates a strong doctrine of the Eucharistic offering and the daily celebration of Holy Communion:
"Yet may we celebrate below, And daily thus Thine offering show Exposed before Thy Father's eyes; In this tremendous mystery Present Thee bleeding on a tree, Our everlasting Sacrifice."
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