Cling to the Life Line

Cling to the life line, danger is near you

Author: Thoro Harris
Tune: [Cling to the life-line, danger is near you]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Cling to the life-line: danger is near you,
Life’s surging billows around your roar;
Thro’ storm and tempest Jesus will bear you,
Safe to your home on the other shore.

Chorus:
Cling to the life-line,
Cling to the life-line,
Over the deep and stormy wave;
Cling to the life-line,
Cling to the life-line,
Jesus is near your soul to save.

2 Cling to the life-line: all else will fail you,
None can prevail ‘gainst the raging flood;
When wild the waves of sorrow assail you:
Cling to the life-line and trust in God. [Chorus]

3 Cling to the life-line: God will protect you
Tho’ fierce the seas of temptation roll;
Christ is your Pilot, He will direct you
Cling then with faith and a fearless soul. [Chorus]

4 Cling to the life-line: Christ will befriend you;
Fear not the winds nor the billows’ foam;
Aid to the helpless He will extend you
Till you shall reach your eternal home. [Chorus]


Source: Inspiring Songs No. 1: for the Sunday school #20

Author: Thoro Harris

Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC. Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include: Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904) Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illi… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Cling to the life line, danger is near you
Title: Cling to the Life Line
Author: Thoro Harris
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Cling to the lifeline
Copyright: Public Domain

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