The Cyber Hymnal ‎#5484

5484. Over the Dead-Line

1. O brother, the Savior is calling for thee,
Long, long has He called thee in vain;
He called thee when joy lent its crown to thy days,
He called thee in sorrow and pain.

Refrain
O turn, while the Savior in mercy is waiting,
And steer for the harbor light;
For how do you know but your soul may be drifting
Over the dead-line tonight?

2. O brother, thine ears have been deaf to His voice,
Thine eyes to His glory been dim;
The calls of thy Savior have so wearied thee,
O what if they should weary Him? [Refrain]

3. O brother, the Spirit is striving with thee;
What if He should strive never more,
But leave thee alone, in thy darkness to dwell,
In sight of the heavenly shore? [Refrain]

4. O brother, God’s patience may weary some day,
And leave thy sad soul in the blast;
By willful resistance you’ve drifted away,
Over the dead-line at last. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: O brother, the Savior is calling for thee
• Title: Over the Dead-Line
• Author: Virginia W. Moyer (1895)
• Refrain First Line: O turn, while the Savior in mercy is waiting
• Language: English
• Source: Songs of Love and Praise No. 2, by Henry Gilmour et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John J. Hood, 1895), number 122
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: When urg­ing an exceed­ing­ly wick­ed man to flee from the wrath to come, I was met by this state­ment: "I was brought up to hon­or God, and I have end­ed by hat­ing him; I have blas­phemed his name, and re­sist­ed his Spir­it un­til I can no long­er re­pent or be­lieve; if there is a dead-line to God’s grace I have drift­ed over it, and am lost." W. G. M.

Tune Information

• Name: [O brother, the Savior is calling for thee]
• Composer: Henry L. Gilmour
• Incipit: 51113 21176 55111
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain