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 361 hymnals

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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 (301 - 361 of 361)

The Life Line #d114

The Little Evangel #d73

The Little Hymnal #d61

The Lyceum Guide #d61

The Majestic Hymnal, number two #356

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The Male Chorus No. 1 #35

The Message in Song Nos. 1 & 2 #d219

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The Mission Hymnal #131

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The Mission Hymnal. (Enlarged Edition) #131

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The Modern Hymnal #225

The New Alphabetical Hymnal #d437

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The New Church Hymnal #232

The New Golden Sheaf #d185

The New National Baptist Hymnal #160

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The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #411

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The New Wonderful Songs for Work and Worship #144

The Pilot #d209

The Revival Helper #200

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The Revival No. 2 #93

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The Revival No. 6 #107

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The Sanctuary Hymnal, published by Order of the General Conference of the United Brethren in Christ #561

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The Service Hymnal #320

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The Service Song Book #154

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The Sheet Music of Heaven (Spiritual Song) #172

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The Sheet Music of Heaven (Spiritual Song) #172

The Silver Star #d149

The Song Book of the Salvation Army #479

The Stirling Three Hundred #235

The Victor #d132

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The Voice of Thanksgiving No. 4 #56

The Voice of Thanksgiving No. 5 #261

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The World Revival Songs and Hymns #7

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The Y.M.C.A. Hymnal #172

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The Young People's Hymnal #13

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Timeless Truths #287

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Treasury of Song #107

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Triumphant Songs No.3 #7

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Triumphant Songs Nos. 3 and 4 Combined #7

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Unfading Treasures #73

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Universal Songs and Hymns #62

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Upper Room Hymns #75

V.B.S. Sailing Songs #d13

V.B.S. Songs for 1960 #d16

V.B.S. Songs for 1963 #d15

Vesper Chimes #d249

Victorious Praise #d55

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Victorious Revival Songs #93

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Voice of Praise #18

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Voices of Victory #86

Waves of Praise #ad162

Waves of Praise #bd134

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Winnowed Songs for Sunday Schools #130

Women's Foreign Missionary Society, Church of the Nazarene, Quadrennial Convention, June 13-15, 1940 #d19

Wonder Hymns of Faith #57

World Revival Hymns #d114

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World Wide Church Songs #27

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Worship and Service Hymnal #423

Worship in Song #d181

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Yes, Lord! #483

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Young People's Songs of Praise #205

Zion Songs, Spiritual Hymns #d173

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