Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Plunged in a gulf of dark despair
Topic: Christ/Saviour
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer: H Zeuner
Meter: CM
Tune: Groton
Hymn Number: 293
Page Number: 097, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsPLUNGED in a gulf of dark despair,
We wretched sinners lay,
Without one cheerful beam of hope,
Or spark of glimmering day.
With pitying eyes, the Prince of grace
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;
Entered 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.