The Hymnal ‎#57

57. Lo, He comes with clouds descending

1 Lo, He comes, with clouds descending,
Once for our salvation slain;
Thousand thousand saints attending
Swell the triumph of His train:
Alleluia!
Christ, the Lord, returns to reign.

2 Every eye shall now behold Him,
Robed in dreadful majesty;
Those who set at naught and sold Him,
Pierced, and nailed Him to the tree,
Deeply wailing,
Shall the true Messiah see.

3 Now redemption, long expected,
See in solemn pomp appear:
All His saints, by men rejected,
Now shall meet Him in the air:
Alleluia!
See the day of God appear.

4 Yea, Amen; let all adore Thee,
High on Thine eternal throne:
Saviour, take the power and glory;
Claim the kingdoms for Thine own:
Alleluia!
Thou shalt reign, and Thou alone!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Lo, He comes with clouds descending
• Author: John Cennick (1750)
• Author: Charles Wesley (1758)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1916
• Topic: Advent

Tune Information

• Name: ST. THOMAS
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7
• Incipit: 12312 34365 43221
• Key: E Major
• Source: J. F. Wade's Cantus Diversi, 1751