{"slug": "lo-he-comes-with-clouds-descending", "title": "Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending", "first_line": "Lo! He comes with clouds descending, Once for ev'ry sinner slain", "author": "john-cennick", "author_date": "1752", "adapter": "charles-wesley", "adapter_date": "1758", "foot": "trochaic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 7, 8, 7, 12, 7], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Anticipation", "Bride", "Bridegroom", "Cloud", "Fear of the Lord", "God, As King", "God, Eternity of", "God, Majesty & Power of", "Jesus", "Judgment", "Praise, Son", "Presence", "Saints (all Faithful)", "Second Coming", "Sinners", "Throne (also see God - As King)", "Worship"], "scripture": ["Revelation 1:7", "John 20:24-31", "Revelation 7:9-12", "Acts 1:11", "1 Thessalonians 4:13-18", "Revelation 22:20"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Words John Cennick, 1752; alt. Charles Wesley, 1758. Both d. pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Lo! He comes with clouds de -- scend -- ing, Once for ev -- 'ry sin -- ner slain; Thou -- sand thou -- sand saints at -- tend -- ing, Swell the tri -- umph of His train: Hal -- le -- lu -- jah! Hal -- le -- lu -- jah! Hal -- le -- lu -- jah! God ap -- pears on earth to reign.", "prose": ["Lo! He comes with clouds descending,", "Once for ev'ry sinner slain;", "Thousand thousand saints attending,", "Swell the triumph of His train:", "Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!", "God appears on earth to reign."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Ev -- 'ry eye shall now be -- hold Him Robed in dread -- ful maj -- est -- y; Those who set at naught and sold Him, Pierced and nailed Him to the tree, Deep -- ly wail -- ing, deep -- ly wail -- ing, deep -- ly wail -- ing, Shall the true Mes -- si -- ah see.", "prose": ["Ev'ry 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, deeply wailing, deeply wailing,", "Shall the true Messiah see."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Ev -- 'ry is -- land, sea, and moun -- tain, Heav'n and earth, shall flee a -- way; All who hate Him must, con -- found -- ed, Hear the trump pro -- claim the day: Come to judg -- ment! Come to judg -- ment! Come to judg -- ment! Come to judg -- ment! Come a -- way!", "prose": ["Ev'ry island, sea, and mountain,", "Heav'n and earth, shall flee away;", "All who hate Him must, confounded,", "Hear the trump proclaim the day:", "Come to judgment! Come to judgment! Come to judgment!", "Come to judgment! Come away!"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Now re -- demp -- tion, long ex -- pect -- ed, See in sol -- emn pomp ap -- pear; All His saints, by man re -- ject -- ed, Now shall meet Him in the air: Hal -- le -- lu -- jah! Hal -- le -- lu -- jah! Hal -- le -- lu -- jah! See the day of God ap -- pear!", "prose": ["Now redemption, long expected,", "See in solemn pomp appear;", "All His saints, by man rejected,", "Now shall meet Him in the air:", "Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!", "See the day of God appear!"]}, "5": {"syllabified": "An -- swer Thine own bride and Spir -- it, Has -- ten, Lord, the gen -- 'ral doom! The new Heav'n and earth in -- her -- it, Take Thy pin -- ing ex -- iles home: All cre -- a -- tion, all cre -- a -- tion, all cre -- a -- tion, Tra -- vails! groans! and bids Thee come!", "prose": ["Answer Thine own bride and Spirit,", "Hasten, Lord, the gen'ral doom!", "The new Heav'n and earth inherit,", "Take Thy pining exiles home:", "All creation, all creation, all creation,", "Travails! groans! and bids Thee come!"]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}