The Hymnal 1982 ‎#58

58. 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! Alleluia!
Christ the Lord returns to reign.

2 Every eye shall now behold him,
robed in dreadful majesty;
those who set at nought and sold him,
pierced, and nailed him to the tree,
deeply wailing, deeply wailing,
shall the true Messiah see.

3 Those dear tokens of his passion
still his dazzling body bears,
cause of endless exultation
to his ransomed worshipers;
with what rapture, with what rapture,
gaze we on those glorious scars!

4 Yea, amen! let all adore thee,
high on thine eternal throne;
Savior, take the power and glory;
claim the kingdom for thine own:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou shalt reign, and thou alone.

Text Information

• First Line: Lo! he comes, with clouds descending
• Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
• Meter: 87. 87. 87
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1985

Tune Information

• Name: ST. THOMAS (Wade)
• Composer (melody, attr.): John Francis Wade, 1711-1786
• Harmonizer (attr.): Vincent Francis Novello, 1781-1861
• Meter: 87. 87. 87
• Key: D Major