Praise to the Redeemer

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Plunged in a gulf of dark despair

Author: Isaac Watts
Published in 475 hymnals

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	From the Cross to the Sky (Songs of Sacr…

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	ACCLAMATION ON "AZMON"

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	Festival Hymns for Organ, Brass, and Tim…

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

2 With pitying eyes the Prince of grace
Behold our helpless grief;
He saw, and --O amazing love!--
He ran to our relief.

3 Down from the shining seats above,
With joyful haste He fled;
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.

5 Angels, assist our mighty joys,
Strike all your harps of gold;
But when you raise your highest note,
His love can ne'er be told.

Source: International Song Service: with Bright Gems from fifty authors, for Sunday-schools, gospel meetings, missionary and young people's societies, prayer-meetings, etc. #254

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Author: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Plunged in a gulf of dark despair
Title:	Praise to the Redeemer
Author:	Isaac Watts
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Plunged in a gulph of dark despair. I. Watts. [Praise to Jesus, the Redeemer.] First published in his Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707, in 8 stanzas of 4 lines, and headed "Praise to the Redeemer." In G. Whitefield's Hymns for Social Worship, &c, 1753, st. i.-iii., vi., viii. were given as No. 104. This form of the text was repeated by M. Madan in his Psalms & Hymns, 1760, with the change in st. ii., 1. 4, of "He ran" to "He came to our relief." Through frequent repetition this became the recognised form of the hymn in Church of England hymn-books. Other forms of the text, all beginning with the first stanza, are also in common use in Great Britain and America.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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AZMON

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) adapted AZMON from a melody composed by Carl G. Gläser in 1828. Mason published a duple-meter version in his Modern Psalmist (1839) but changed it to triple meter in his later publications. Mason used (often obscure) biblical names for his tune titles; Azmon, a city south of C…

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Primitive Baptist Hymn and Tune Book (1952), p.199

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Congregational Hymn and Tune Book; containing the Psalms and Hymns of the General Association of Connecticut, adapted to Suitable Tunes #647

Devotional hymns #S38

Devotional Melodies; or, a collection of original and selected tunes and hymns, designed for congregational and social worship. (3rd ed.) #9

Hymns, Principles of Faith, Church Order, and Divine Services, or Occasional liturgy; for the use of Messiah's Church #141

Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, including Some Never Before in Print #d253

Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship #349

Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship, published by General Synod for the Evangelical Lutheran Church. 68th ed. (8th rev. ed.) #d632

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Piano/Organ From the Cross to the Sky (Songs of Sacrifice and Salvation for Piano) Festival Hymns for Organ, Brass, and Timpani—Set 7 Great American Hymns - Music for Manuals More Piano/Organ...
Choral ACCLAMATION ON "AZMON" More Choral...
Instrumental Worship the King Sing It Simply (25 Congregational Hymn Accompaniments for Piano, with opt. Guitar, Bass, and Handbells) BRASS ACCOMPANIMENTS FOR HYMNSINGING More Instrumental...
Handbells Ring New Songs to the Lord, Vol. 1 (easy settings of praise and worship songs blended with traditional hymns) Ring New Songs to the Lord, Vol. 1 (easy settings of praise and worship songs blended with traditional hymns) Let Praises Ring: 18 Introductions and Hymn Accompaniments for Handbells, Organ, and Congregation, Volume 1 More Handbells...

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