The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6467

6467. Take the Life-Boat

1. Are you wrecked upon life’s ocean?
Loud the waves about you roar,
Still there’s hope, you need not perish,
You may reach the heav’nly shore.

Refrain
Take the lifeboat, take the lifeboat,
See, the Savior holding out a helping hand.
Wait no longer, take the lifeboat,
Start today for Heaven’s bright and happy land.

2. Linger not for earthly treasures,
Yonder lies the land of gold;
Friends and loved ones there are waiting,
There are joys for you untold. [Refrain]

3. Precious souls, like you, have lingered,
Time enough, they gaily said;
Ere the morrow they had perished,
They are numbered with the dead. [Refrain]

4. Take the lifeboat, you are sinking,
Do not wait a moment more;
This may be your final offer,
Hasten now for yonder shore. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Are you wrecked upon life's ocean?
• Title: Take the Life-Boat
• Author: Harriet B. Spoor (1902)
• Refrain First Line: Take the lifeboat, take the lifeboat
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Consul Gen. Wild­man [Roun­se­ville Wild­man, Amer­i­can Con­sul Gen­er­al to Hong Kong] and fam­i­ly who went down with the steam­ship Rio de Ja­ner­io [sic], Feb. 24, 1901, while en­ter­ing the Gold­en Gate, San Fran­cis­co, might have been saved had they hast­ened in­to the lifeboat. But while they wait­ed to se­cure some val­u­a­bles, the ship went down and they were lost. Grateful Praise, by Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick & H. L. Gil­mour (Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Hall-Mack Com­pa­ny, 1902), num­ber 87

Tune Information

• Name: [Are you wrecked upon life's ocean?]
• Composer: William J. Kirkpatrick
• Incipit: 32356 43121 25321
• Key: g minor
• Copyright: Public Domain