Lo! He comes, with clouds descending! Hark! the trump of God is blown

Lo! He comes, with clouds descending! Hark! the trump of God is blown

Author: Thomas Olivers
Tune: ST. THOMAS (Wade)
Published in 44 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Lo! he comes, with clouds descending,
Once for favored sinners slain;
Thousand thousand saints, attending,
Swell the triumph of his train:
Hallelujah!
Jesus shall for ever 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 When the solemn trump has sounded,
Heaven and earth shall flee away;
All who hate him must, confounded,
Hear the summons of that day--
Come to judgment!
Come to judgment--come away!

4 Now the Saviour, long expected,
See, in solemn pomp, appear;
All his saints, by man rejected,
Now shall meet him in the air:
Hallelujah!
See the day of God appear.

Source: The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #922

Author: Thomas Olivers

Thomas Olivers was born in Tregonan, Montgomeryshire, in 1725. His youth was one of profligacy, but under the ministry of Whitefield, he was led to a change of life. He was for a time apprenticed to a shoemaker, and followed his trade in several places. In 1763, John Wesley engaged him as an assistant; and for twenty-five years he performed the duties of an itinerant ministry. During the latter portion of his life he was dependent on a pension granted him by the Wesleyan Conference. He died in 1799. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872.… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Lo! He comes, with clouds descending! Hark! the trump of God is blown
Author: Thomas Olivers
Language: English
Publication Date: 1871
Notes: Swahili translation: See "Atashuka na mawingu"
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

ST. THOMAS (Wade)

This tune is likely the work of the composer named here, but has also been attributed to others as shown in the instances list.

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Instances

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Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d591

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Church Psalmody #H622

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Church Psalmody #627

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Dyer's Psalmist #448

Family Hymns #d138

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Hymns for Social Worship #530

Hymns for the Vestry and the Fireside #d169

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Ocean Melodies, and Seamen's Companion #75c

Prison Hymn Book #d193

Psalms and Hymns for Public worship, Containing All the Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts ... #d483

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Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship #168

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Psalms and Hymns #692

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Sacred Songs for Family and Social Worship #309

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Sacred Songs for Family and Social Worship #358

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The Baptist Harp #567

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The Baptist Hymn Book #1263

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The Baptist Praise Book #399

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The Baptist Psalmody #1252

The Book of Praise #d421

The Christian Hymn Book #d360

The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d364

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The Christian Psalmist #558

The Church Hymn Book #d550

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The New Baptist Praise Book #141

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The New Baptist Praise Book #141

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The New Baptist Psalmist and Tune Book #370

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #D462

The Sacred Lute #d180

The Service of Praise #d173

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The Social Psalmist #331

The South Western Psalmist #d216

The Southern Psalmist #d453

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The Spirit of Praise #345

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The Virginia Selection of Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #513

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The Voice of Praise #922

Virginia Selection of Psalms #d277

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