The third stanza reminds us that Christ's wounds and atoning death should lead us to greater faith and ultimately to our worship of Christ in glory (as Christ himself reminded the doubting Thomas). Stanzas 1, 2, and 4 are based on the rich language of John's apocalyptic visions recorded in Revelation 1:7 and 5:11-13. Like so many of Wesley's texts, "Lo! He Comes" abounds with biblical imagery. Though later hymnals occasionally mixed Cennick's lines with Wesley's, the Psalter Hymnal includes most of Wesley's original text. Charles Wesley completely rewrote the text and published his version in Hymns of Intercession for all Mankind (1758) with the title "Thy Kingdom Come" (changed to "The Second Advent" in other editions). In 1750 John Cennick, a friend of John and Charles Wesley ( PHH 267), wrote an Advent hymn that began, "Lo! he cometh, countless trumpets blow before his bloody sign!" Cennick's hymn was published in his Collection (1752). A Collection of Evangelical Hymns made from Different Authors and Collections for the English Lutheran Church in New York #d141.Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Congregation #d103 A Church of England Hymn Book: adapted to the daily services of the Church throughout the year #105.
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