1 On time's wide waste of waters
There floats a kindly bark;
O earth's lost sons and daughters,
It is Salvation's Ark!
The wreck of self will strand you
Before the voyage is o'er:
Salvation's Ark will land you
On heaven's peaceful shore.

Refrain:
Come into the Ark of safety,
Come in and be saved today;
The tempest may break tomorrow,
Come into the Ark today;
The tempest may break tomorrow,
Come into the Ark today.

2 O trust in self no longer,
For self will surely fail;
Temptations will grow stronger,
And evil will prevail.
Come, all thy fears abating,
Forsaking all thy sin;
While Mercy's Ark is waiting,
O haste to enter in. [Refrain]

3 Shall we be of the number
Who seek for souls to save;
Or shall we sink to slumber
On sin's delusive wave!
How dread would be the waking,
How fearful and how dark,
To find the tempest breaking,
And we outside the Ark! [Refrain]

4 Then come while hope is offered,
Thy coming shall be blest;
Eternal life is proffered
Within the Ark of rest.
The dove of peace shall hover
Above thee on thy way,
And God's own hands shall cover
And keep thee ev'ry day. [Refrain]