Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending
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- Charles Wesley, “Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending” (1758). Wesley Corpus,
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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. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 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 a tree, Deeply wailing, Deeply wailing, Deeply wailing, Shall the true Messiah see. 3. The 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. 4. Yea! Amen! let all adore thee High on thine eternal throne! Savior, take the pow'r and glory, Claim the kingdom for thine own. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Everlasting God come down.
1. Lo! he comes with clouds descending, Once for favored sinners slain! Thousand, thousand saints attending, Swell the triumph of his train. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 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 a tree, Deeply wailing, Deeply wailing, Deeply wailing, Shall the true Messiah see.
3. The 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.
4. Yea! Amen! let all adore thee High on thine eternal throne! Savior, take the pow'r and glory, Claim the kingdom for thine own. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Everlasting God come down.