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Second Advent

Lo, he cometh! countless trumpets

  • No. 911
  • Metre 8s & 7s. D.
  • Tune Harwell
  • Words John Cennick.
  • 5 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Lo, he cometh! countless trumpetsChrist's appearance usher in:'Midst ten thousand saints and angels.See our Judge and Saviour shine:Hallelujah! hallelujah!Welcome, welcome, Lamb once slain.

2

Now the song of all the ransomed,"Worthy is the Lamb," resounds;Now resplendent shine his nail-printsEvery eye shall see his wounds:Great his glory, great his glory!Every knee to him shall bow,

3

Every island, sea, and mountain,—Earth and heaven—flee away;All his enemies confoundedHear the trump proclaim his day:Come to judgment! come to judgment!Stand before the Son of man.

4

All who love him view his glory,In his bright, once-marrèd face:Jesus cometh; all his peopleNow their heads with gladness raise:Happy mourners! happy mourners!Lo, on clouds he comes, he comes!

5

See redemption, long expected,On that awful day appear;All his people, once despisèd,Joyful meet him in the air:Hallelujah! hallelujah!Saviour, now thy kingdom comes.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «911» (large) in the left column of p. 306, under hymn 910 («William B. Collyer.»), followed on the same line by «[Tune, Harwell, No. 132.]» in italics in square brackets (sing to the tune HARWELL of hymn 132, 8s & 7s. D.) and the meter «8s & 7s. D.» with the «D.» in small capitals. Stanza 1 is at the foot of the left column; stanzas 2–5 fill the right column (from the top of the page, beside hymn 910's stanzas). Stanzas numbered «1»–«5» without periods (written «1.»–«5.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); six lines each, lines 2, 4 and 6 indented. «John Cennick.» in italics, right-aligned, at the foot of the right column. The print sets a thin space before «!», «;» and «:» («cometh !», «in :», «resounds ;», «wounds :», «judgment !», «face :», «appear ;»); it is closed up here. The curly quotes and apostrophes are written straight («"Worthy is the Lamb,"», «Christ's», «'Midst»). «once-marrèd» and «despisèd» carry a grave accent, as printed. Stanza 2 ends with a comma («Every knee to him shall bow,»), as printed. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Second Advent · No. 911 · printed page 306
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02