LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 7 8 7 4 7 extended
| | Writer(s): | John Cennick
| | Transl/Adapt: | Charles Wesley & Martin Madan
| | Dates: | 1752,1758,1760
| | Bible Refs: | Ac 1:1; 1 Th 4:16-17; Rev 1:7
| A Collection of Hymns (Methodist)
| 1889
| 66
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 81
| Australian Hymn Book/With One Voice
| 1977
| 201
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 185
| Baptist Hymnal
| 1956
| 123
| Believers Hymn Book
| 1981
| 408
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 72
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1960
| 1960
| 47
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 2000
| 2000
| 132
| Church Hymnal Revised
| 1920
| 38
| Common Praise (Anglican C. of Canada)
| 1998
| 114
| Common Praise: Hymns Ancient & Modern
| 2000
| 31
| Complete Mission Praise
| 2000
| 424
| Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 1996
| 98
| Hymnal Comp to Book of Common Prayer
| 1890
| 73
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition
| 1904
| 52
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard
| 1983
| 28
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 51
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 241
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
|
| 241
| Hymns of Faith
| 1964
| 226
| Hymns Old & New, Complete Anglican Editi
| 2000
| 405
| Hymns Old & New, New Anglican Edition
| 1996
| 307
| Living Praise
|
| 141
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 264
| Mirfield Mission Hymn Book
| 1955
| 77
| New English Hymnal
| 1985
| 9
| Oxford Hymn Book
| 1925
| 48
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
|
| 161
| Sarum Hymnal
| 1869
| 22
| Sing Glory
| 1999
| 438
| Songs of Fellowship 1
| 1991
| 347
| Songs of Praise
| 1925
| 43
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition
| 1931
| 65
| STELBAP
|
| 291
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 56
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 60
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 71
| The English Hymnal
| 1906
| 7
| The Hymn Book of Angl & Unit Ch Canada
| 1971
| 393
| The Hymnal 1916
| 1916
| 57
| The Hymnal 1940
| 1940
| 5
| The Hymnal 1982
| 1982
| 57
| Together in Song: The Australian HB II
| 1999
| 273
| Trinity Hymnal
| 1961
| 237
| Universal Hymn Book
| 1885
| 226
|
MUSIC
 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 98
| No key
| Believers Hymn Book
| 408
| A
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 51
| A
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 185
| Ab
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 161
| Bb
| Living Praise
| 141
| G
| Songs of Fellowship 1
| 347
| G
| Hymns of Faith
| 226
| G
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 241
| G
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 264
| G
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Alternate Tunes
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| 1. Lo! He comes
with clouds descending,
Once for favored sinners slain;
Thousand thousand saints attending,
Swell the triumph of His train:
|: Hallelujah! :|
Christ the Lord returns 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. Lo, the tokens of His passion
Still His glorious body bears;
Cause of endless exultation
To His ransomed worshippers;
[: Hallelujah! :]
ow the day of Christ appears.
4. Every 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 away!
5. Now redemption, 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!
6. Answer Thine own bride and Spirit,
Hasten, Lord, the general doom!
The new Heav’n and earth t’inherit,
Take Thy pining exiles home:
|: All creation, :|
Travails! groans!
and bids Thee come!
7. The dear tokens of His passion
Still His dazzling body bears;
Cause of endless exultation
To His ransomed worshippers;
|: With what rapture, :|
Gaze we on those glorious scars!
8. Yea, Amen! let all adore Thee,
High on Thine eternal throne;
Savior, take the power and glory,
Claim the kingdom for Thine own;
|: O come quickly! :|
Everlasting God, come down!
9. **alt verses
10. Lo! He comes
with clouds descending,
Once for favored sinners slain;
Thousand thousand saints attending,
Swell the triumph of His train:
|: Hallelujah! :|
God appears on earth to reign.
11. Lo! He comes
with clouds descending,
Once for favored sinners slain;
Thousand thousand saints attending,
Swell the triumph of His train:
|: Hallelujah! :|
Jesus come, and comes to reign!
12. Yea, Amen! let all adore Thee,
High on Thine eternal throne;
Savior, take the power and glory,
Share the kingdom with Thine own;
|: O come quickly! :|
Hallelujah! come Lord, come!
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