Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1834
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Plung'd in a gulf of dark despair
Topic: Christian Privileges and Honors
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 37
Page Number: 111, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsPlung'd in a gulf 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
Their 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.