The New Wonderful Songs for Work and Worship ‎#144

144. Throw Out the Life-Line

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

Chorus:
Throw out the Life-Line! Throw out the Life-Line!
Someone is drifting away;
Throw out the Life-Line! Throw out the Life-Line!
Someone is sinking today.

2 Throw out the Life-Line 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! [Chorus]

3 Throw out the Life-Line 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. [Chorus]

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 Life-Line and save them today. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Throw out the Life-Line across the dark wave
• Title: Throw Out the Life-Line
• Author: Rev. E. S. Ufford
• Refrain First Line: Throw out the Life-Line! Throw out the Life-Line!
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1938
• Copyright: Copyright, 1891, by the Biglow & Main Co. Used by per.
• Notes: Now Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Throw out the Life-Line across the dark wave]
• Composer: E. S. U.
• Arranger: Geo. C. Stebbins
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Copyright, 1891, by the Biglow & Main Co. Used by per.
• Notes: Now Public Domain