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Text:Throw Out the Life-Line!
Author:F. E. B.
Tune:[Out upon an angry ocean]
Composer:F. E. Belden

545. Throw Out the Life-Line!

1 Out upon an angry ocean,
Without helm or oar,
Millions in the wild commotion,
Sink to rise no more.

Chorus:
Throw out the life-line! Throw out the life-line!
Night is swiftly coming; Behold the setting sun!
Throw out the life-line! throw out the life-line!
Jesus is the life-line; You may save one.

2 On a flow'ry gospel meadow,
Thousands dwell at ease,
Caring not that Death's dark shadow
Haunts the stormy seas. [Chorus]

3 How can we who once were rescued
At so great a cost,
Cast adrift the only Life-Line,
Laughing at the lost! [Chorus]

4 Brothers, hear your brothers calling,
"Throw the line this way;"
Sisters, see your sisters sinking,
With no arm to stay. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: Out upon an angry ocean
Title: Throw Out the Life-Line!
Author: F. E. B.
Refrain First Line: Throw out the life-line! Throw out the life-line!
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Living His Life: Call to Activity
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Out upon an angry ocean]
Composer: F. E. Belden
Key: G Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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