Methodist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#109

109. Lo! He comes with clouds descending

1 Lo! He comes with clouds descending,
Once for favoured sinners slain;
Thousand thousand saints attending
Swell the triumph of His train:
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Amen.

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,
Shall the true Messiah see.

3 Now redemption, long expected,
See in solemn pomp appear;
All His saints, by man rejected,
Now shall meet Him in the air:
Hallelujah!
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 kingdom for Thine own:
O come quickly;
Hallelujah! come, Lord, come!

Text Information

• First Line: Lo! He comes with clouds descending
• Author: C. Wesley, 1707-1788
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Christ: Coming again; Christ: Triumph of; Advent (See Second Coming): Of Christ; The Godhead: The Son; Day: Of Wrath; Triumph, of Christ; Judgment; Second Coming of Christ

Tune Information

• Name: ORIEL
• Composer: C. Ett Cantica Sacra, 1840
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7
• Key: A Major