Throw Out the Life Line

Throw out the life line across the dark wave

Author: Edward S. Ufford (1888)
Tune: [Throw out the life-line across the dark wave]
Published in 368 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 Throw out the lifeline across the dark wave;
There is a brother whom someone should save;
Somebody’s brother, O 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, O hasten today;
And out with the lifeboat, 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]


Source: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #245

Author: Edward S. Ufford

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Instances

Instances (1 - 100 of 368)

A Junior's Praise #24

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A Treasury of Hymns #348

A. M. E. C. Hymnal #566

A.M.E. Hymnal #d396

Abiding Songs #d138

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African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #245

Alexander's Hymns No. 2 #72

Alexander's Songs of the Gospel No.1 #d38

All-American Church Hymnal #138

Assembly Songs #85

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Augsburg Songs No. 2 #167

Augsburg Songs, Nos. l and 2 Combined #d324

Baptist Hymnal 1956 #217

Bells of Heaven #d393

Bells of Heaven #d412

Bells of Heaven #d358

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Best Endeavor Hymns #182

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Best Hymns #96

Best of All Songs #d108

Billows of Song #d183

Blessed Refuge #120

Blood Redemption and Christian Service Songs #d78

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Calvary Hymns #294

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Calvary Songs #118

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Calvary's Praises #33

Carols of Glory #d158

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Celestial Songs #335

Children's Hymns and Songs #d106

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Choice Hymns of the Faith #190

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Christ in Song #544

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Christian Endeavor Edition of Gospel Hymns No. 6 #28

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Christian Endeavor Edition of Sacred Songs No. 1 #147

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Christian Endeavor Hymns #179

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Christian Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #188

Christian Hymns and Songs #d216

Christian Hymns III #129

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Christian Hymns #102

Christian Hymns #129

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #233

Church Hymnal #388a

Church Hymnal #207

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Church Hymns and Gospel Songs #283

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Church Hymns and Gospel Songs #283

Clarion Call #53

Complete Christian Hymnal #d231

Convention Hymnal #d80

Convention Songbook #d33

Convention Songs #d49

Cross and Crown Hymnal, 3rd ed. #d471

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Crowning Glory #13

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De Ungas Sångbok #258

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Devotion and Praise #92

Devotional Hymns #d258

Devotional Hymns #d262

Devotional Hymns #ad262

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Devotional Songs #271

Divine Service Book for the Armed Forces #d225

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Echoes of Paradise #41

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Evangel Bells #57

Evangelistic songs #d75

Falls Creek Songs #d73

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Familiar Songs of the Gospel No. 1 #57

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Favorite Gospel Songs #2

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Favorite Gospel Songs #64

Favorite Gospel Songs. New ed. #d181

Favorite Hymns #d133

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Favorite Hymns #46

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Favorite Hymns of Praise #198

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Favorite Hymns #25

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Fellowship Hymns #231

Foursquare Favorites #d169

Foursquare Hymnal #320

Foursquare Hymnal of Standard Songs of Evangelism #d212

Foursquare Hymnal of Standard Songs of Evangelism #65

Free Will Baptist Hymn Book #d341

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Full Gospel Songs #244

Gates of Praise for the Worship of God and Use in His Service. Rev. ed. #d113

Gems of Grace and Glory #d117

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Gems of Song #204

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Gipsy Smith's Mission Hymnal #CH283

Glad Praise #d163

Glad Tidings #d116

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Gleanings of Sacred Song #89

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Gloria Deo #477

Glorious Gospel Hymns #611

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Glowing Songs #93

Gospel Crusade Hymns #d142

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Gospel Hymn Selections for female voices #4

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Gospel Hymns No. 6 #28

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Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 #441

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Gospel Hymns Nos. 5 and 6 Combined #265

Gospel Light #d283

Gospel Melodies #d218

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Gospel Melodies and Evangelistic Hymns #21

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Gospel Melodies New and Old #52

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Gospel Pearls #103

Gospel Quintet Songs #d190

Gospel Searchlight Songs #d203

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Gospel Songs and Hymns No. 1 #97

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Gospel Songs of Grace and Glory #138

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