464. Throw Out the Life-Line

1 Throw out the Life-Line across the dark wave!
There is a brother whom some one should save -
Somebody's brother! O who then will dare
To throw out the Life-Line, his peril to share?

Chorus:
Throw out the Life-Line!
Throw out the Life-Line!
Someone is drifting away;
Throw out the Life-Line!
Throw out the Life-Line!
Someone is sinking today.

2 Throw out the Life-Line with hand quick and strong -
Why do you tarry, why linger so long?
See, he is sinking! O hasten today,
And out with the Life-Boat! away, then away! [Chorus]

3 Throw out the Life-Line to danger-fraught men,
Sinking in anguish where you've never been;
Winds of temptation and billows of woe
Will soon hurl them out where the dark waters flow. [Chorus]

4 Soon will the season of rescue be o'er,
Soon will they drift to eternity's shore;
Haste then, my brother - no time for delay,
But throw out the Life-Line and save them today. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: Throw out the Life-Line across the dark wave!
Title: Throw Out the Life-Line
Author: Edward S. Ufford, 1851-1929
Refrain First Line: Throw out the Life-Line!
Language: English
Publication Date: 1970
Topic: Service; Soul Winning



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