Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Plunged in a gulf of dark despair
Topic: Christ/His Mediatorial Reign
Writer: <no first name given> Watts
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 252
Page Number: 156, 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 th 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.