GRH 467 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?
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 life boat, away, then, away!
Throw out the lifeline! Throw out the lifeline!
Someone is drifting away; Throw out the lifeline!
Throw out the lifeline! Someone is sinking today.

(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.
Throw out the lifeline! Throw out the lifeline!
Someone is drifting away; Throw out the lifeline!
Throw out the lifeline! Someone is sinking today.

(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.
Throw out the lifeline! Throw out the lifeline!
Someone is drifting away; Throw out the lifeline!
Throw out the lifeline! Someone is sinking today.