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58. It Took Jesus to Rescue Me

1 I was drifting alone, with no pilot to guide,
Far away on life’s troublesome sea,
When it seemed that the billows I could not outride,
It took Jesus to rescue me.

Refrain:
It took Jesus to rescue me,
It took Jesus to rescue me;
When I sought for release,
Sought in vain for sweet peace,
It took Jesus to rescue me.

2 How I laughed at the dangers of which I was told!
Yes, I tho’t I was happy and free,
But I failed to break loose from the sin chains which hold;
It took Jesus to rescue me. [Refrain]

3 I was just a lost sheep wand’ring farther each day,
Till the night came and I could not see;
And no human hand reached out to point me the way,
It took Jesus to rescue me. [Refrain]

4 Now I’m safe in the life-boat and laugh at the storms,
And I’m telling to others how He,
My great Pilot so true, came my lost soul to save:
It took Jesus to rescue me. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: I was drifting alone, with no pilot to guide
• Title: It Took Jesus to Rescue Me
• Author: H. B.
• Refrain First Line: It took Jesus to rescue me
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1951
• Copyright: © 1927, by Harry D. Clarke. Hope Publishing Co., owner
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [I was drifting alone, with no pilot to guide]
• Composer: Herbert Buffum
• Copyright: 1927, by Harry D. Clarke. Hope Publishing Co., owner
• Notes: Now Public Domain.