The New English Hymnal ‎#9

9. 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:
Alleluya!
God appears, on earth 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
Shall the true Messiah see.

3 Those dear tokens of his passion
Still his dazzling body bears,
Cause of endless exultation
To his ransomed worshippers:
With what rapture
Gaze we on those glorious scars!

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!
Alleluya! Come, Lord, come!

Text Information

• First Line: Lo! he comes with clouds descending
• Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 (alt)
• Meter: 87 87 47
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1986
• Topic: The Christian Year: Advent

Tune Information

• Name: HELMSLEY
• Transcriber: T. Olivers, 1725-99
• Meter: 87 87 47
• Key: G Major
• Source: Wesley's Select Hymns, 1765