CHRIST is the lifeboat truly, none else can save.
Did not Jesus die for sins, and sink ‘neath the wave?
Think how the curse of sin and wrath of God He bore,
Then He burst the gates of death, and lives evermore.
Christ is the lifeboat, all else will fail,
All hope to save oneself can nothing avail,
Man is a total wreck, can never reach the shore:
All who trust in Jesus Christ are saved evermore.
Now is the lifeboat near you, close to your side,
Strong enough to bear you up above the angry tide;
Stay not to better self, such efforts are in vain,
None but Christ can save your soul and cleanse every stain.
Christ is the lifeboat, sinner, trust Him alone,
Only those who trust in Christ will God ever own;
None ever came too young, or yet too bad to save,
Thousands, but for Jesus Christ, had sunk ‘neath the wave.
Christ is the lifeboat, sinner, trust Him today.
Surely He will guide His own thro’ all the stormy way;
None have the power to pluck the weakest from His hand,
All within that lifeboat will reach the better land.
ML-04/12/1970