Saved from the Wreck

Adrift on the wa­ters

so dark and so cold

Afar from the beau­ti­ful ci­ty of gold

A ves­sel is sink­ing

For hea­vy the gale

The ca­ble is brok­en

and tat­tered each sail.

Poor child of the wreck

see the life­boat is near

A sweet voice is heard

for the Mas­ter is here;

He walks ev­ery bil­low

con­trols ev­ery wave

’Tis Je­sus

King Je­sus

the migh­ty to save.

Oh

I was the sin­ner alone on the sea

But love’s bless­èd sig­nal were float­ing for me;

Though thun­ders were roll­ing

And bil­lows at strife

Lo

Je­sus was call­ing

Es­cape for thy life.

I stepped in the life boat

pro­vid­ed for me

And Je­sus my pi­lot

my cap­tain to be;

His bo­som my re­fuge

My hav­en of rest.

I’m res­cued from ship­wreck

so hap­py and blest.

Life’s tur­bu­lent surg­es are kissed in­to peace

The bea­cons are shin­ing

and songs nev­er cease;

Fair moon­beams

bright sun­shine

Illumine the tide

While on­ward to glo­ry we’ll joy­ful­ly glide.