Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1828
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Plung'd in a gulph of dark despair
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Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: Song 32
Page Number: 115, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsPLUNG'D in a gulph of dark despair,
We wretched sinners lay,
Without one cheerful beam of hope,
Or spark of glimm'ring day.
With pitying eyes the Prince of Peace
Beheld our helpless grief:
He saw, and (O! amazing love!)
He ran to our relief.
Down from the shining seats above,
With joyful haste he fled,
Enter'd the grave in mortal flesh,
And dwelt among the dead.
O! for this love let rocks and hills
Their lasting silence break,
And all harmonious human tongues
The Saviour's praises speak.
Angels assist our mighty joys,
Strike all your harps of gold;
But when you raise your highest notes,
His love can ne'er be told.