Voices United ‎#25

25. Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending

1 Lo, he comes with clouds descending,
see the Lamb for sinners slain!
Thousand thousand saints attending
join to sing the glad refrain:
hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
God appears on earth to reign.

2 Every eye shall now behold you,
robed in awesome majesty;
all who jeered, and mocked, and sold you,
pierced, and nailed you to the tree,
deeply grieving, deeply grieving, deeply grieving,
shall the true Messiah see.

3 Now redemption, long expected
see in pomp appear;
all the saints, by us rejected,
thrill the trumpet sound to hear:
hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
See the day of God appear!

4 Yea! Amen! Let all adore you,
high on your eternal throne;
crowns and empires fall before you,
claim the kingdom for your own:
O come quickly! O come quickly! O come quickly!
Everlasting Christ, come down.

Text Information

• First Line: Lo, he comes with clouds descending
• Title: Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending
• Alterer: Charles Wesley (1758, alt.)
• Alterer: Martin Madan (1769, alt.)
• Author: John Cennick (1750)
• Meter: 8 7 8 7 4 7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: Adoration and Praise; Christian Year: Advent; Communion of Saints; God: Kingdom, Majesty, Realm; God: Majesty; Hallelujah; Jesus Christ: Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ: Second Coming; Judgment; Kingdom of God; Redemption; Advent 2: Year A; Advent 4: Year A; Easter 2: Year A; Proper 27: Year A; Reign of Christ: Year A; Advent 1: Year B; Easter 2: Year B; Proper 27: Year B; Proper 28: Year B; Reign of Christ: Year B; Advent 1: Year C; Easter 2: Year C

Tune Information

• Name: HELMSLEY
• Arranger: Thomas Olivers (1765)
• Meter: 8 7 8 7 4 7
• Key: G Major
• Source: English melody 18th century