Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New ‎#405

405. 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.
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.

Text Information

• First Line: Lo, he comes with clouds descending
• Title: Lo, he comes with clouds descending
• Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 (alt.)
• Author: John Cennick, 1718-1755 (alt.)
• Author: Martin Madan, 1726-1790 (alt.)
• Meter: 87 87 47
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  Mark 13:25-26
  ;
  Matthew 24:30-31
  ;
  Revelation 1:7
• Topic: Advent; Year B: Advent 1; Year B: Christ the King

Tune Information

• Name: HELMSLEY
• Meter: 87 87 47
• Key: G Major
• Source: Charles Wesley's "Select Hymns with Tunes Annext" (1765)