45 | CPWI Hymnal#46 | 47 |
Text: | Lo, he comes with clouds descending |
Author: | John Cennick, 1718-1755 |
Author: | Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 |
Tune: | HELMSLEY |
Composer: | Thomas Olivers, 1725-1799 |
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!
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, deeply wailing,
Shall the true Messiah see.
3 The 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 power and glory,
claim the kingdom for thine own:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou shalt reign, and thou alone.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Lo, he comes with clouds descending |
Author: | John Cennick, 1718-1755 |
Author: | Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7.4.4.4.7 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2010 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Hymns for the Church Year: Advent |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HELMSLEY |
Composer: | Thomas Olivers, 1725-1799 |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7.4.4.4.7 |
Key: | A♭ Major |