Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 ‎#87

87. See! They are Drifting

1 Out on sin’s ocean the careless are drifting,
Far from the beacon that leadeth aright;
Servants of Jesus, your voices be lifting,
Calling them back from the darkness of night.

Refrain:
See! they are drifting, your brothers are drifting,
See! they are tossing on sin’s dreadful wave!
Like to a trumpet your voices be lifting,
Call them to Jesus, the mighty to save.

2 Darkness and danger are surely before them,
Farther and farther they’re drifting away;
Forward! my brothers, to warn and implore them,
Call them to Jesus, lest farther they stray. [Refrain]

3 Call to them, brothers, their barks to be turning,
Point to the beacon of safety and light;
Point to the beacon for wanderers burning,
Lighting the pathway to Edenland bright. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Out on sin's ocean the careless are drifting
• Title: See! They are Drifting
• Author: Mrs. Harriet E. Jones
• Refrain First Line: See! they are drifting, your brothers are drifting
• Publication Date: 1897
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 58:1

Tune Information

• Name: [Out on sin's ocean the careless are drifting]
• Composer: J. Howard Entwisle