
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788; John Cennick, 1718-1755; Martin Madan, 1726-1790 Hymnal: Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #405 (2000) Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7 Topics: Year B Advent 1 Lyrics: 1 Lo, he comes with clouds descending,
once for favoured sinners slain;
thousand thousand saints attending
swell the triumph of his train.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Christ appears on earth to reign.
2 Ev'ry eye shall now behold him
robed in dreadful majesty;
we who set at naught and sold him,
pierced and nailed him to the tree,
deeply grieving, deeply grieving, deeply grieving,
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, with what rapture, with what rapture
gaze we on those glorious scars!
4 Yea, amen, let all adore thee,
high on thine eternal throne;
Saviour, take the pow'r and glory,
claim the kingdom for thine own:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou shalt reign, and thou alone. Scripture: Mark 13:25-26 Languages: English Tune Title: HELMSLEY
Lo, he comes with clouds descending