Throw out the life line across the dark wave;
There is a bro­ther whom some­one should save;
Somebody’s bro­ther! O who then will dare
To throw out the life line, his pe­ril to share?

Refrain

Throw out the life line! Throw out the life line!
Someone is drift­ing away;
Throw out the life line! Throw out the life line!
Someone is sink­ing to­day.

Throw out the life line 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!

Refrain

Throw out the life line 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

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 life line and save them to­day.

Refrain

This is the life line, oh, tem­pest tossed men;
Baffled by waves of temp­ta­tion and sin;
Wild winds of pas­sion, your strength can­not brave,
But Je­sus is migh­ty, and Je­sus can save.

Refrain

Jesus is able! To you who are driv’n,
Farther and far­ther from God and from Heav’n;
Helpless and hope­less, o’er­whelmed by the wave;
We throw out the life line, ’tis Je­sus can save.

Refrain

This is the life line, oh, grasp it to­day!
See, you are reck­less­ly drift­ing away;
Voices in warn­ing, shout ov­er the wave,
O grasp the strong life line, for Je­sus can save.

Refrain