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Text:Lo he comes with clouds descending
Alterer:The Rev. Charles Wesley (11706-1788)
Alterer:The Rev. Martin Madan (1726-1790)
Author:John Cennick
Tune:TUNE 290
Composer:Henry Smart, 1812-1879

181. Lo he comes with clouds descending

Text Information
First Line: Lo he comes with clouds descending
Author: John Cennick (1752)
Alterer: The Rev. Charles Wesley (11706-1788) (1758)
Alterer: The Rev. Martin Madan (1726-1790) (1760)
Publication Date: 1880
Topic: Jesus Christ the Son: The Advent
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: TUNE 290
Composer: Henry Smart, 1812-1879 (1868)
Key: C Major
Source: Sarum Hymnal
Notes: Public Domain.


Text Information:

"And the Lord Whom ye seek shall suddenly come to His Temple."

The germ of this Hymn we owe to CENNICK, who published (Dublin, 1752) "A Collection of Sacred Hymns," in which was one entitled "Lo! He cometh; countless trumpets." This suggested to WESLEY the four stanzas given on p. 157 [# 188], and these were finally altered by MADAN to the form her given, which is in general use.


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