Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending

Tune: Helmsley · Meter 8 7 8 7 12 7

1 Lo! He comes with clouds descending, Once for ev'ry sinner slain; Thousand thousand saints attending, Swell the triumph of His train: Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! God appears on earth to reign.

2 Ev'ry 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 Ev'ry island, sea, and mountain, Heav'n and earth, shall flee away; All who hate Him must, confounded, Hear the trump proclaim the day: Come to judgment! Come to judgment! Come to judgment! Come to judgment! Come away!

4 Now redemption, long expected, See in solemn pomp appear; All His saints, by man rejected, Now shall meet Him in the air: Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! See the day of God appear!

5 Answer Thine own bride and Spirit, Hasten, Lord, the gen'ral doom! The new Heav'n and earth inherit, Take Thy pining exiles home: All creation, all creation, all creation, Travails! groans! and bids Thee come!

Words: John Cennick (1718–1755), Charles Wesley (1707–1788)
Music: Thomas Olivers (1725–1799); setting by unknown
Scripture: Rev 1:7, Jn 20:24-31, Rev 7:9-12, Acts 1:11, 1Thess 4:13-18, Rev 22:20
Public domain. From the Open Hymnal Project.