Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending
Words: by Charles Wesley, 1758
Tune: HELMSLEY by Th. Olivers, 1763; harmony by R. Vaughn Williams, 1906


  1. Lo, he comes with clouds descending,
    once for our salvation slain;
    thousand, thousand saints attending
    join to sing the glad refrain:
    Alleluia,
    alleluia,
    alleluia!
    Christ the Lord returns to reign.

     
  2. Now redemption, long expected,
    comes in solemn splendor near;
    all the saints this world rejected
    thrill the trumpet sound to hear:
    Alleluia,
    alleluia,
    alleluia!
    See the day of God appear!

     
  3. Yea, amen, let all adore thee,
    high on thine eternal throne;
    Savior, take the power and glory;
    claim the kingdom as thine own.
    Come, Lord Jesus;
    come, Lord Jesus;
    come, Lord Jesus.
    Thou shalt reign, and thou alone!