Scripture Verse

Jesus stretched forth His hand and caught him. Matthew 14:31

Introduction

Words: Har­ri­et B. Spoor, 1902.

Music: Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Spoor (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
William J. Kirkpatrick
(1838–1921)

[Rounseville Wild­man, Am­eri­can Con­sul Ge­ne­ral to Hong Kong] and fa­mi­ly who went down with the steam­ship Rio de Ja­neir­io [sic], Feb. 24, 1901, while en­ter­ing the Gold­en Gate, San Fran­ci­sco, might have been saved had they hast­ened in­to the life­boat.

But while they wait­ed to se­cure some val­ua­bles, the ship went down and they were lost.

Grate­ful Praise, by Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick & Hen­ry L. Gil­mour (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­va­nia: Hall-Mack, 1902), num­ber 87

Lyrics

Are you wrecked up­on life’s ocean?
Loud the waves about you roar,
Still there’s hope, you need not per­ish,
You may reach the heav’n­ly shore.

Refrain

Take the life­boat, take the life­boat,
See, the Sav­ior hold­ing out a help­ing hand.
Wait no long­er, take the life­boat,
Start today for Hea­ven’s bright and hap­py land.

Linger not for earth­ly trea­sures,
Yonder lies the land of gold;
Friends and loved ones there are wait­ing,
There are joys for you un­told.

Refrain

Precious souls, like you, have ling­ered,
Time enough, they gai­ly said;
Ere the mor­row they had per­ished,
They are num­bered with the dead.

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Take the life­boat, you are sink­ing,
Do not wait a mo­ment more;
This may be your fi­nal of­fer,
Hasten now for yon­der shore.

Refrain