See! They Are Drifting

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Out on sin's ocean the careless are drifting

Author: Harriet E. Jones
Tune: [Out on sin's ocean the careless are drifting]
Published in 3 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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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]

Source: Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 #87

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Author: Harriet E. Jones

Harriet E. Rice Jones, 1823-1915 Born: April 18, 1823, Pompey Hollow, Onondaga County, New York. Died: 1915, Binghamton, New York. Buried: Oran Community Church Cemetery, Pompey, Onondaga County, New York. Daughter of Eleazer Rice, Jones lived in Onondaga County, New York. Her girlhood was spent on a farm, receiving what education the country schools and one term at high school could provide. She was always fond of reading, and was a great singer, with a clear ringing voice. On July 7, 1844, she married a son of Rev. Zenas Jones; her husband died in 1879. Her song writing career began when her poetry came to the attention of Dr. M. J. Mun… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Out on sin's ocean the careless are drifting
Title:	See! They Are Drifting
Author:	Harriet E. Jones
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	See! they are drifting, your brothers are drifting
Copyright:	Public Domain