Praise to the Redeemer

Representative Text

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

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 >

Notes

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)

Tune

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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New Hymn and Tune book #9d

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New Hymn and Tune Book #9d

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New Manual of Praise #250

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New Union Hymns #119

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Offices of Worship and Hymns #18

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Our New Hymnal #263

Our Service of Song #d212

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Parish Hymns #91

Parish Psalmody #d658

Parish Psalmody #d671

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Plymouth Collection #a579

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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #579

Pocket Hymn Book for Social Worshp Everywhere #d61

Pocket Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d211

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Precious Gems No. 1 #71

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Precious Hymns #125

Primitive Baptist Hymn and Tune book #326

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Primitive Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #326

Primitive Baptist Hymn and Tune Book. Rev. #d131

Prison Hymn Book #d279

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship #d658

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship in the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. #d675

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #625

Psalms and Hymns for Public worship, Containing All the Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts ... #d768

Psalms and Hymns for the Worship of God #d658

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Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts, The #II.79

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Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship #44

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Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #H147

Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #d353

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Psalms and Hymns #62

Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs ... for the Use of the United Church of Christ, Commonly Called Free Will Baptist #d237

Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 4th ed. #d160

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Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected. (14th stereotype ed.) #S37

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Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected. (7th ed.) #S322

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Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #S37

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Public, Parlour, and Cottage Hymns. A New Selection #I.99

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Purest Gems #142

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Revival Hymns #264

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Sacred Hymns and Tunes #137

Sacred Melodies #d209

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Sacred Songs for Family and Social Worship #51

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Sacred Songs for Family and Social Worship #64

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Salvation Army Songs #7

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Salvation Echoes #11b

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Seamen's Hymns #95

Seamen's Hymns and Devotional Assistant #d487

Select Hymns #d143

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Service Hymnal #126

Social Hymn and Tune Book #d329

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Social Hymn Book #72

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Social Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #317

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Social Psalmist #95

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Songs for Social and Public Worship #399

Songs for Social and Public Worship. Rev. ed. #d341

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Songs for Sunday Schools and Gospel Meetings #147a

Songs for the New Life #d525

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #447

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #447

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #447

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Songs for the Sanctuary #447

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Songs for the Sanctuary #447

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Songs for the Sanctuary #447

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Songs of Joy and Gladness No. 2 #241

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Songs of Peace, Love and Joy #129

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Songs of the Church #957

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Songs of Zion Enlarged #24

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Songs of Zion #17

Spiritual Melodies #d252

Spiritual Melodies. Enl. & impr. ed. #d295

Spiritual Songs and Hymns for Pilgrims. New Church ed. #d156

Sunday School Hymn Book #d341

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Sunday School Hymn Book. (19th ed) #16

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Temple Melodies #173

The Advent Christian Hymnal #d688

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The Advent Harp; designed for believers in the speedy coming of Christ #21b

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d355

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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #107

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d641

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The American Sunday-School Hymn-Book #180

The Army Hymn Book #d66

The Army Hymn Book. 2nd ed. #d83

The Baptist Harmony #d293

The Baptist Harmony #d302

The Baptist Hymn and Praise Book #d397

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #182

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #74.182

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #579

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The Baptist Hymn Book #182

The Baptist Hymn Book, in Two Parts #d455

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The Baptist Hymn Book #283

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The Baptist Hymnal, for Use in the Church and Home #165

The Baptist Hymnal #165

The Baptist Hymnal. Shaped notes ed. #d472

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The Baptist Praise Book #467

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The Baptist Psalmody #235

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The Baptist Standard Hymnal #126

The Book of Praise #d281

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