56. Throw Out the Lifeline

1 Throw out the lifeline across the dark wave!
There is a brother* whom someone should save;
Somebody’s brother!** Oh, 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! Oh, 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]

Text Information
First Line: Throw out the lifeline across the dark wave!
Title: Throw Out the Lifeline
Author: E. S. U.
Refrain First Line: Throw out the lifeline!
Language: English
Publication Date: 1981
Topic: Hymns
Notes: * "Sinner" may be substituted for "brother." ** "Neighbor" may be substituted for "brother." *** "All" may be substituted for "his."
Tune Information
Name: [Throw out the lifeline across the dark wave!]
Composer: Edward S. Ufford
Arranger: Don Peterman
Key: F Major or modal
Copyright: © 1940. Renewal 1968 by Mrs. Glen Ryder. Assigned to Singspiration, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.



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