Author: Rev. Charles Wesley; Rev. John Cennick; Rev. Martin Madan Hymnal: The Hymnal #259 (1895) Lyrics:
1 Lo! He comes, with clouds descending,
Once for favored sinners slain;
Thousand thousand saints attending
Swell the triumph of His train:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
God appears on earth 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, deeply wailing
Shall the true Messiah see.
3 Every island, sea, and mountain,
Heaven and earth, shall flee away;
All who hate Him must, confounded,
Hear the trump proclaim the day;
Come to judgment! Come to judgment!
Come to judgment, come away!
4 Now redemption, long expected,
See in solemn pomp appear!
All His saints, by man rejected,
Now shall meet Him in the air:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
See the day of God appear!
5 Answer Thine own Bride and Spirit;
Hasten, Lord, the general doom;
The new heaven and earth inherit
Take Thy pining exiles home:
All creation, all creation
Travails, groans, and bids Thee come.
6 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, O come quickly;
Alleluia! come, Lord, come.
Amen.
Lo! He comes, with clouds descending