The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal ‎#677

677. Throw Out the Lifeline

1 Throw out the lifeline across the dark wave!
There is a brother* whom someone should save;
Somebody’s brother!* Oh, who then will dare
To throw out the lifeline, his*** peril to share?

Refrain:
Throw out the lifeline! Throw out the lifeline!
Someone is drifting away;
Throw out the lifeline! Throw out the lifeline!
Someone is sinking today.

2 Throw out the lifeline with hand quick and strong–
Why do you tarry, why linger so long?
See! he is sinking! Oh, hasten today,
And out with the life boat! Away, then, away! [Refrain]

3 Throw out the lifeline to danger-fraught men,
Sinking in anguish where you’ve never been;
Winds of temptation and billows of woe
Will soon hurl them out where the dark waters flow. [Refrain]

4 Soon will the season of rescue be o’er,
Soon will they drift to eternity’s shore;
Haste, then, my brother**, no time for delay,
But throw out the lifeline and save them today. [Refrain]

* "Sinner" may be substituted for "brother."
** "Neighbor" may be substituted for "brother."
*** "All" may be substituted for "his."

Text Information

• First Line: Throw out the lifeline across the dark wave!
• Title: Throw Out the Lifeline
• Author: E. S. U.
• Refrain First Line: Throw out the lifeline!
• Meter: 10 10 10. 11 with Refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Topic: Zion/WH and O. M. Society
• Notes: Life Members' Council

Tune Information

• Name: LIFELINE
• Composer: Edward S Ufford
• Arranger: Don Peterman
• Meter: 10 10 10. 11 with Refrain
• Key: F Major or modal