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Lyrics
Lo! he comes, with clouds descending,
once for our salvation slain;
thousand thousand saints attending
swell the triumph of his train:
Alleluia! alleluia! alleluia!
Christ the Lord returns to reign.
Every eye shall now behold him,
robed in dreadful majesty;
those who set at nought and sold him,
pierced, and nailed him to the tree,
deeply wailing, deeply wailing, deeply wailing,
shall the true Messiah see.
Those dear tokens of his passion
still his dazzling body bears,
cause of endless exultation
to his ransomed worshipers;
with what rapture, with what rapture, with what rapture
gaze we on those glorious scars!
Now redemption, long expected,
see in solemn pomp appear;
all his saints, by man rejected,
now shall meet him in the air:
Alleluia! alleluia! alleluia!
See the day of God appear!
Yea, amen! let all adore thee,
high on thine eternal throne;
Savior, take the power and glory;
claim the kingdom for thine own:
Alleluia! alleluia! alleluia!
Thou shalt reign, and thou alone.
Historical Notes
Author
Meter
87 87 87
Music
Other Comments
Christmas Text
The Nativity hymn Lo, he comes, the Infant Stranger is modeled on this hymn.
Modernisations
Some hymnals give a modernised version with the incipit Jesus comes with clouds descending.
The second line of the first verse as given here appears to be a modernisation (perhaps a softening, or perhaps theologically motivated) of "once for favored sinners slain".
Sources
Hymnals
| Hymnal
| Number
| Tunes Used
|
| Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1826
| #
|
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| Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1861-1874
| # 39
| St. Thomas (Wade)
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| The Year of Praise, 1867
| #
|
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| The Anglican Hymn Book, 1868
| # 29
|
|
| The Sarum Hymnal, 1869
| # 22
| St. Peter's Westminster
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| The Parish Hymnal, 1870
| #
|
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| The Church Hymnal (US), 1871-1874
| # 1
| St. Peter's Westminster, Goss, Helmsley, St. Enoch, Redhead no. 1, St. Thomas (Wade)
|
| Church Hymns with Tunes, 1874
| # 69
| Oriel
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| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland), 1874
| # 76
| Helmsley, Regent Square
|
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard, 1875-1924
| # 51
| Helmsley, St. Thomas (Wade)
|
| A Church of England Hymn Book, 1879
| # 105
|
|
| The Universal Hymn Book, 1885
| # 226
| Helmsley
|
| The Mission Hymnal, 1885
| #
|
|
| The Hymnal Companion, 1890
| # 73
| Helmsley
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Darlington)
| # 39
| Redhead no. 1
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Parker)
| # 39
| St. Thomas (Wade)
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Hutchins)
| # 39
| Redhead no. 1, St. Thomas (Wade)
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Tucker & Rousseau)
| # 39
| Redhead no. 1, St. Thomas (Wade)
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Helfenstein)
| # 39
| Redhead no. 1, St. Enoch, St. Thomas (Wade)
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Messiter)
| # 39
| St. Thomas (Wade), Westminster
|
| The Yattendon Hymnal, 1900
| #
|
|
| The Church Hymnary (Scotland), 1902
| #
|
|
| Church Hymns, New Edition, 1903
| # 78
| Helmsley, St. Thomas (Wade)
|
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition, 1904
| # 52
| Helmsley
|
| The English Hymnal, 1906
| # 7
| Helmsley
|
| The Book of Common Praise (Canada), 1908
| # 56
| Helmsley, St. Thomas (Wade)
|
| The Mission Hymnal, 1913
| #
|
|
| The Hymnal 1916 (US)
| # 57
| St. Thomas (Wade)
|
| Church Hymnal for the Christian Year, 1917
| # 71
| Helmsley, St. Thomas (Wade)
|
| Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1919
| # 72
| Helmsley
|
| Church Hymnal Revised, 1920 (Hutchins)
| # 38
| Helmsley
|
| The Oxford Hymn Book, 1925
| # 48
| Helmsley
|
| Songs of Praise, 1925
| # 43
| Helmsley
|
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition, 1931
| # 65
| Helmsley
|
| The Book of Common Praise (Canada), 1938
| # 60
| Helmsley, St. Thomas (Wade)
|
| The Hymnal 1940 (US)
| # 5
| Helmsley, St. Thomas (Wade)
|
| Christian Worship, 1941
| #
|
|
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised, 1950
| # 51
| Helmsley
|
| The Mirfield Mission Hymn Book, 1955
| # 77
| Helmsley
|
| Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1960
| # 47
| Helmsley
|
| Anglican Hymn Book, 1965
| # 81
| Helmsley
|
| The Hymn Book 1971 (Canada)
| # 393
| Helmsley
|
| The Australian Hymn Book, 1977
| # 201
| Helmsley
|
| The Hymnal 1982 (US)
| # 57
| Helmsley, St. Thomas (Wade)
|
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard, 1983
| # 28
| Helmsley
|
| The New English Hymnal, 1985
| # 9
| Helmsley
|
| Hymns for Today's Church, 1987
| # 196
| Helmsley
|
| Church Family Worship, 1988
| # 599
| Helmsley
|
| Hymns Old & New, New Anglican, 1996
| # 307
| Helmsley
|
| Common Praise (Canada), 1998
| # 114
| Helmsley
|
| Together in Song (Australia), 1999
| # 273
| Helmsley
|
| Sing Glory, 1999
| # 438
| Helmsley
|
| Complete Mission Praise, 2000
| # 424
| Helmsley
|
| Common Praise, 2000
| # 31
| Helmsley
|
| Hymns Old & New, Complete Anglican, 2000
| # 405
| Helmsley
|
| Church Hymnal (Ireland), 2000
| # 132
| Helmsley
|
| The Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition (Scotland), 2005
| #
|
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| The Book of Hymns, 2006
| #
|
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| Zion Still Sings, 2007
| #
|
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