Words & Music: , Sun­shine for Sun­day Schools, 1873.

On one oc­ca­sion the ves­sel on which [Dwight Ly­man] Moo­dy was re­turn­ing from Eu­rope, ac­com­pa­nied by his old­est son, was dis­a­bled by the break­ing of a pro­pel­ling shaft. Mrs. Moo­dy was at my home in Brook­lyn, wait­ing to re­ceive them on their ar­riv­al. Day af­ter day passed with­out word from the steam­er, and Mrs. Moo­dy be­came al­most fran­tic with an­xi­e­ty. At last I re­ceived this ca­ble dis­patch from Mr. Moo­dy: ‘Saved, thank God.’ I learned af­ter­wards that the peo­ple ga­thered around him and begged him to pray for their de­liv­er­ance. Sev­er­al in­fi­dels on board, who had been mak­ing light of Mr. Moo­dy’s work, were found kneel­ing at his side, and through the ear­nest­ness of his pray­ers and di­vine help they were led to Christ.

Light in the darkness, sailor, day is at hand!
See o’er the foaming billows fair haven’s land,
Drear was the voyage, sailor, now almost o’er,
Safe within the life boat, sailor, pull for the shore.

Refrain

Pull for the shore, sailor, pull for the shore!
Heed not the rolling waves, but bend to the oar;
Safe in the life boat, sailor, cling to self no more!
Leave the poor old stranded wreck, and pull for the shore.

Trust in the life boat, sailor, all else will fail,
Stronger the surges dash and fiercer the gale,
Heed not the stormy winds, though loudly they roar;
Watch the “bright and morning Star,” and pull for the shore!

Refrain

Bright gleams the morning, sailor, uplift the eye;
Clouds and darkness disappearing, glory is nigh!
Safe in the life boat, sailor, sing evermore;
“Glory, glory, hallelujah!” pull for the shore.

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