New Sacred Quartettes for Male, Female and Mixed Voices ‎#36

36. Which Way?

1 Alone on life's sea you are drifting,
What port will your frail bark now make?
You never have passed o'er these waters,
The only safe course, why forsake?

Chorus:
Which way? Which way?
O friend, you can never return;
You will ne'er reach the harbor of glory,
Till the way to its portals you learn.

2 Your chart is but frail human reason,
Your compass by fancy is turned;
Your ears siren voices have ravished,
The only true Pilot have spurned. [Chorus]

3 Sharp rocks lie beneath luring waters,
The storm-clouds are hiding the sky;
O why will you then keep on drifting,
To warnings in folly reply? [Chorus]

4 Behold! on the wild heaving billows,
The form of the Savior in view!
And while He rebukes the waves' fury,
Lost one, He is calling to you. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Alone on life's sea you are drifting
• Title: Which Way?
• Author: Abbie C. Barr
• Arranger: F. S. B.
• Refrain First Line: Which way? Which way?
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1914
• Copyright: Copyright, 1908, by Essek W. Kenyon.; Copyright, 1913, by Kenyon and Bernauer.

Tune Information

• Name: [Alone on life's sea you are drifting]
• Composer: Emma M. Grant (1908)
• Arranger: Francis S. Bernauer (1913)
• Incipit: 35435 43334 54344
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Public domain
• Notes: Male voices.