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'''Lo, he comes with clouds descending''' is a hymn by [[Charles Wesley]], published as 'HYMN XXXIX' on pp32-33 of his ''Hymns of Intercession for all Mankind'', Bristol: 1758. In that publication, the hymn is headed 'The same.', referring back to the heading 'Thy kingdom come!' associated with the text ''O when shall we supremely blest'' ('HYMN XXXVI', on pp29-30). | '''Lo, he comes with clouds descending''' is a hymn by [[Charles Wesley]], published as 'HYMN XXXIX' on pp32-33 of his ''Hymns of Intercession for all Mankind'', Bristol: 1758. In that publication, the hymn is headed 'The same.', referring back to the heading 'Thy kingdom come!' associated with the text ''O when shall we supremely blest'' ('HYMN XXXVI', on pp29-30). | ||
The text is similar to (and possibly a reworking by Wesley of) [[John Cennick]]'s hymn ''Lo, he cometh, countless trumpets'', published in the fifth edition of Cennick's ''Collection of Sacred Hymns'' in 1752. | The text is similar to (and possibly a reworking by Wesley of) [[John Cennick]]'s hymn ''Lo, he cometh, countless trumpets'', published in the fifth edition of Cennick's ''Collection of Sacred Hymns'' in 1752. See the discussion in Julian (1907), p. 681. | ||
==Settings by composers (with tune names)== | ==Settings by composers (with tune names)== | ||
*[[ | *[[Helmsley (Thomas Arne)|Thomas Arne]] <Small>HELMSLEY</SMALL> | ||
*[[Lo, he comes with clouds descending (Driffield) (Thomas Clark)|Thomas Clark]] <Small>DRIFFIELD</small> | *[[Lo, he comes with clouds descending (Driffield) (Thomas Clark)|Thomas Clark]] <Small>DRIFFIELD</small> | ||
*[[Lo, he comes with clouds descending (John Fawcett)|John Fawcett]] <small>JUDGEMENT</small> | *[[Lo, he comes with clouds descending (John Fawcett)|John Fawcett]] <small>JUDGEMENT</small> | ||
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O, come quickly! | O, come quickly! | ||
Allelujah! come Lord, come!}} | Allelujah! come Lord, come!}} | ||
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{{Text|Simple| | {{Text|Simple| | ||
:''Charles Wesley 1758'' | :''Charles Wesley 1758'' | ||
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Once for favored sinners slain; | Once for favored sinners slain; | ||
Thousand thousand saints attending | Thousand thousand saints attending | ||
Swell the triumph of his train. | Swell the triumph of his train. | ||
Hallelujah, | Hallelujah, | ||
God appears on earth to reign. | God appears on earth to reign. | ||
Every eye shall now behold him, | Every eye shall now behold him, | ||
Robed in dreadful majesty: | |||
Those who set at naught and sold him, | Those who set at naught and sold him, | ||
Pierced and nailed him to the tree, | Pierced and nailed him to the tree, | ||
Deeply wailing, | Deeply wailing, | ||
Shall the true Messiah see. | Shall the true Messiah see. | ||
The dear tokens of his passion | The dear tokens of his passion | ||
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To his ransom'd worshippers: | To his ransom'd worshippers: | ||
With what rapture | With what rapture | ||
Gaze we on those glorious scars! | Gaze we on those glorious scars! | ||
Yea! Amen, let all adore thee, | Yea! Amen, let all adore thee, | ||
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Jah, Jehovah, | Jah, Jehovah, | ||
Everlasting God, come down!}} | Everlasting God, come down!}} | ||
{{Middle| | {{Middle|4}} | ||
{{Text|Simple| | {{Text|Simple| | ||
:''Martin Madan, 1760'' | :''Martin Madan, 1760'' | ||
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_____________________<br> | _____________________<br> | ||
w = Wesley, c = Cennick, m = Madan, x = Wesley Hymn 38 | w = Wesley, c = Cennick, m = Madan, x = Wesley Hymn 38 | ||
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:''Rippon, 1787'' | |||
1. Lo! he comes with clouds descending, | |||
Once for favored sinners slain, | |||
Thousand thousand saints attending, | |||
Swell the triumph of his train: | |||
Hallelujah, | |||
Jesus now shall ever reign. | |||
2. 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 great messiah see. | |||
3. Every island, sea, and mountain, | |||
Heaven and earth shall flee away: | |||
All who hare him most, confounded, | |||
Hear the trump proclaim the day; | |||
Come to judgment! | |||
Come to judgment! come away! | |||
4. Now redemption, long expected, | |||
See in solemn pomp appear! | |||
All his saints, by man rejected, | |||
Now shall meet him in the air! | |||
Hallelujah! | |||
See the day of God appear! | |||
5. Answer thine own bride and spirit, | |||
Hasten, Lord, the general doom! | |||
The new heaven and earth to inherit, | |||
Take thy pining exiles home: | |||
All creation | |||
Travails, groans, and bids thee come! | |||
6. Yea! Amen! let all adore thee, | |||
High on thine exalted throne! | |||
Savior, take the power and glory: | |||
Claim the kingdoms for thine own! | |||
O come quickly, | |||
Hallelujah! Come, Lord, come!}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:50, 20 February 2021
General information
Lo, he comes with clouds descending is a hymn by Charles Wesley, published as 'HYMN XXXIX' on pp32-33 of his Hymns of Intercession for all Mankind, Bristol: 1758. In that publication, the hymn is headed 'The same.', referring back to the heading 'Thy kingdom come!' associated with the text O when shall we supremely blest ('HYMN XXXVI', on pp29-30).
The text is similar to (and possibly a reworking by Wesley of) John Cennick's hymn Lo, he cometh, countless trumpets, published in the fifth edition of Cennick's Collection of Sacred Hymns in 1752. See the discussion in Julian (1907), p. 681.
Settings by composers (with tune names)
- Thomas Arne HELMSLEY
- Thomas Clark DRIFFIELD
- John Fawcett JUDGEMENT
- John Francis Wade, harm. Vincent Novello ST. THOMAS (aka GRAFTON)
Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above
- Anonymous — Lo, he comes with clouds descending
- William Billings — Hopkinton
- James P. Carrell — Judgment
- James P. Carrell — Watchman
- Thomas Clark — Lo, he comes with clouds descending (Burland)
- Samuel Holyoke — Sandusky
Text and translations
English text John Cennick 1752 |
Charles Wesley 1758 |
Martin Madan, 1760 _____________________ |
Rippon, 1787 |