Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending

Text by John Cennick, Charles Wesley

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About this hymn

Date: 1752
Tune: Helmsley
Composer: Thomas Olivers
Key: G
Meter: 8 7 8 7 12 7

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Anticipation, Bride/Bridegroom, Cloud, Fear of the Lord, God, As King, God, Eternity of.

Rev 1:7 · Jn 20:24-31 · Rev 7:9-12 · Acts 1:11 · 1Thess 4:13-18 · Rev 22:20

Musical background

Helmsley is presented in the source key of G, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: John Cennick, 1752. Altered by Charles Wesley, 1758, alt. Music: 'Helmsley' attr. Thomas Olivers, 1765. Setting: "The English Hymnal", 1906, alt. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2010 Revision.