57. Lo, He comes, with clouds descending
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St. Thomas:
J. F. Wade's Cantus Diversi, 1751
John Cennick, 1750, and
Charles Wesley, 1758
Lo, He comes, with clouds descending, Once for our salvation slain; Thousand thousand saints attending Swell the triumph of his train: Alleluia! Christ, the Lord, returns to reign. | 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. | Now redemption, long expected, See in solemn pomp appear: All his saints, by men rejected, Now shall meet him in the air: 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 kingdoms for thine own: Alleluia! Thou shalt reign, and thou alone. | |