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Drifting Too Far from the Shore

Representative Text

1 Out on the perilous deep
Where dangers silently creep
And storms so vi'lently sweep
You are drifting too far from the shore.

Chorus:
Drifting too far from the shore,
You are drifting too far from the shore.
Come to Jesus to-day
Let Him show you the way,
You are drifting too far from the shore.

2 To-day the tempest rolls high
And clouds o'ershadow the sky;
Sure death is hovering nigh,
You are drifting too far from the shore. [Chorus]

3 Why meet a terrible fate
Mercies abundantly wait;
Turn back before its too late,
You are drifting too far from the shore. [Chorus]

Source: Vocal Gems: our greatest song book for all religious services. Especially recommended for Sunday schools, revivals, W. M. B. and V. L. B. services #76

Author: Charles E. Moody

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Text Information

First Line: Out on the perilous deep
Title: Drifting Too Far from the Shore
Author: Charles E. Moody (1923)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Drifting too far from the shore
Publication Date: 1923
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)

Heavenly Highway Hymns (2nd ed.) #26

New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #70

Sacred Selections for the Church #523

Include 19 pre-1979 instances
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