Saved from the Wreck

Adrift on the waters, so dark and so cold

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt
Tune: [Adrift on the waters, so dark and so cold]
Published in 26 hymnals

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Representative Text

1. Adrift on the waters, so dark and so cold,
Afar from the beautiful city of gold,
A vessel is sinking, for heavy the gale,
The cable is broken, and tattered each sail.

Refrain
Poor child of the wreck, see the lifeboat is near,
A sweet voice is heard, for the Master is here;
He walks every billow, controls every wave,
’Tis Jesus, King Jesus, the mighty to save.

2. Oh, I was the sinner alone on the sea,
But love’s blessèd signal were floating for me;
Though thunders were rolling, and billows at strife,
Lo, Jesus was calling, escape for thy life. [Refrain]

3. I stepped in the life boat, provided for me,
And Jesus my Pilot, my Captain to be;
His bosom my refuge, my haven of rest.
I’m rescued from shipwreck, so happy and blest. [Refrain]

4. Life’s turbulent surges are kissed into peace,
The beacons are shining, and songs never cease;
Fair moonbeams, bright sunshine, illumine the tide,
While onward to glory we’ll joyfully glide. [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #5906

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt

Pseudonym: Li­die H. Ed­munds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Adrift on the waters, so dark and so cold
Title: Saved from the Wreck
Author: Eliza E. Hewitt
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Poor child of the wreck, see the lifeboat is near
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #5906
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Instances

Instances (1 - 26 of 26)
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Celestial Songs #628

Cross and Crown Hymnal, 3rd ed. #d5

Epworth Praises #52

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Evangelistic Edition of Heavenly Sunlight #52

Give Thanks and Sing, for Religious Meetings #d3

Give Thanks and Sing; for Religious Meetings #d4

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Give Thanks and Sing #58

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Heavenly Sunlight #20

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Joyful Songs of Salvation #45

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Melodies of Salvation #243

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Melodies of Salvation #243

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Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 5 and 6 Combined #78

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Pentecostal Praises #197

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Songs for Work and Worship #141

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Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 #50

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Songs of Praise and Salvation #129

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Songs of Praise and Service #116

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Songs of Praise and Victory #50

Songs of the Living Way #d1

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The Best Gospel Songs and their composers #102

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The Bow of Promise #125

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The Cyber Hymnal #5906

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The Highway and the Way, or Burning Bush Songs No. 3 #28

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The Old Story in Song #116

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The Revival No. 3 #44

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Triumphant Praises #146

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