The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#375

375. Plunged in a gulf of dark despair

1 Plunged in a gulf of dark despair,
We wretched sinners lay,
Without one cheering beam of hope,
Or spark of glimmering day.

2 With pitying eyes the Prince of grace
Beheld our helpless grief:
He saw, and, O amazing love!
He came to our relief.

3 Down from the shining courts above,
With joyful haste he sped,
Entered the grave in mortal flesh,
And dwelt among the dead.

4 O for this love let rocks and hills
Their lasting silence break;
And all harmonious human tongues,
The Saviour's praises speak.

Text Information

• First Line: Plunged in a gulf of dark despair
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: The Sinner: Christ the Way of Life
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: MONSON
• Composer: S. R. Brown
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: A Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #326, 546, or 147.