Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending announces the coming of the Savior in glory.
Lo, he comes, with clouds descending, once for our salvation slain;
thousand thousand saints attending swell the triumph of his train:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Christ the Lord returns to reign.
Now redemption, long expected, comes in solemn splendor near;
all the saints this world rejected thrill the trumpet sound to hear:
Alleluia! Alleluia! See the day of God appear!
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 gaze we on those glorious scars!
Yea, amen! let all adore thee, high on thine eternal throne;
Savior, take the power and glory, claim the kingdom as thine own:
O come quickly! O come quickly! Thou shalt reign, and thou alone.
Hymn Tune: HELMSLEY
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