Man the Life-Boat (Clements)

Man the life-boat! quick

my bro­ther

Send it speed­ing o’er the wave;

If you hast­en to the res­cue

Some poor sail­or you may save;

Sinking fast in sin’s dark wa­ters

Helpless ’mid the break­ers high

Man the life-boat! quick

oh

hast­en

To the res­cue

ere they die.

Man the life-boat! to the rescue!

Hasten

hast­en on your way;

With the bea­con lights to guide you

From the wreck you can­not stray;

Speed away! the ship is sink­ing

Go and work ’mid scenes of woe;

Man the life-boat

nerve for act­ion!

To the res­cue

bro­ther

go.

Man the life-boat! strug­gling sea­men

Battle now with rag­ing wave;

See! they cling to spar and tim­ber

Precious lives your hand can save;

Leaps the an­gry surge about them

As to drown their plead­ing cry;

Man the life-boat

flash your sig­nal!

Let them know that help is nigh.

Man the life-boat! God will aid you;

Out across life’s storm tossed wave

Wrecks the wa­ters dark are strew­ing

On them some whom you can save;

Carry quick the cups of com­fort

Pick them up in Je­sus’ name;

Man the life-boat! res­cue some­one

From the wreck some soul re­claim.