Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#513

513. Lo! He comes, with clouds descending

1 Lo! He comes, with clouds descending,
Once for favored sinners slain!
Thousand thousand saints attending,
Swell the triumph of His train:
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,
Shall the true Messiah see.

3 Now redemption long expected,
See in solemn pomp appear,
All His saints, by man rejected,
Now shall meet Him in the air:
Alleluia!
See the Day of God appear.

4 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,
Alleluia! come, Lord, come!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Lo! He comes, with clouds descending
• Author: John Cennick (1750)
• Revised by: John Wesley (1758. a)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Life Everlasting: Resurrection

Tune Information

• Name: KENSINGTON NEW
• Composer: James Tilleard (1866)
• Meter: 8 7, 8 7, 4 7
• Key: F Major

Tune Information:

Fifth line altered