260. Lo! He comes in clouds descending

Lo! He comes in clouds descending,

Once for favoured sinners slain;

Thousand thousand saints attending

Swell the triumph of His train:

Alleluia!

Christ appears on earth again.

Every eye shall now behold Him

Robed in dreadful majesty;

They who set at naught and sold Him,

Pierced and nailed Him to the tree,

Deeply wailing,

Shall the true Messiah see.

Those dear tokens vof His Passion

Still His dazzling Body bears;

Cause of endless exultation

To His ransomed worshippers;

With what rapture

Gaze we on those glorious scars!

Yea, Amen, let all adore Thee,

High on Thine eternal throne;

Saviour, take the power and glory;

Claim the kingdoms for Thine own;

O come quickly!

Alleluia!