Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Plung'd in a gulf of dark despair
Topic: Christ/Condescension
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer: Thomas Haweis
Meter: CM
Tune: Chesterfield
Hymn Number: 67
Page Number: 029, 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 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,-
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;
Stirke all your harps of gold;
But, when you raise your highest notes,
His love can ne'er be told.