Throw Out the Life Line

Throw out the life line across the dark wave;

There is a bro­ther whom some­one should save;

Somebody’s bro­ther! O who then will dare

To throw out the life line

his pe­ril to share?

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.

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!

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.

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.

This is the life line

oh

tem­pest tossed men;

Baffled by waves of temp­ta­tion and sin;

Wild winds of pas­sion

your strength can­not brave

But Je­sus is migh­ty

and Je­sus can save.

Jesus is able! To you who are driv’n

Farther and far­ther from God and from Heav’n;

Helpless and hope­less

o’er­whelmed by the wave;

We throw out the life line

’tis Je­sus can save.

This is the life line

oh

grasp it to­day!

See

you are reck­less­ly drift­ing away;

Voices in warn­ing

shout ov­er the wave

O grasp the strong life line

for Je­sus can save.