Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1843
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 Honors and Privileges
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune: Winter
Hymn Number: Song 37 (part I)
Page Number: 111 (part I), 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 eye the Prince of Peace
Beheld our helpless grief:
He saw, and (O! amazing love!)
He ran to our relief.
Down from his 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.