Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#13

13. Lo! he comes with clouds descending

1 Lo! he comes with clouds descending,
Once for favored sinners slain;
Thousand thousand saints attending
Swell the triumph of his train:
Alleluia!
God appears on earth to reign.

2 Every eye shall now behold him
Robed in glorious majesty;
Those who set at nought and sold him,
Pierced and nailed him to the Tree,
Deeply wailing,
Shall their true Messiah see. A-men.

3 Those dear tokens of his passion
Still his dazzling body bears;
Cause of wondering exultation
To his ransomed worshippers;
With what rapture
Praise we him for all his scars.

4 Yea, amen, let all adore thee,
High on thine eternal throne;
Saviour, take the power and glory,
Claim the kingdom as thine own:
Alleluia!
Thou shalt reign, and thou alone!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Lo! he comes with clouds descending
• Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: The Church Year: Advent
• Notes: This hymn may also be sung to ST. THOMAS (HOLYWOOD) (No. 61).

Tune Information

• Name: STORL
• Composer: Johann G. C. Storl, 1675 - 1719
• Meter: 8 7, 8 7, 4 7.
• Key: A Major