{"id":2261,"date":"2022-03-13T16:57:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T16:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faith-is-the-word.online\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2022-03-13T16:57:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T16:57:38","slug":"amazing-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faith-is-the-word.online\/index.php\/2022\/03\/13\/amazing-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/faith-is-the-word.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/lifeline-beach.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faith-is-the-word.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/lifeline-beach.png 940w, https:\/\/faith-is-the-word.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/lifeline-beach-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/faith-is-the-word.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/lifeline-beach-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of such melodies was written by <strong>Edwin S. Ufford<\/strong><strong><em> in 1888<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throw out the lifeline across the dark wave;<br>There is a brother whom someone should save;<br>Somebody\u2019s brother! Oh, who then will dare<br>To throw out the lifeline, his peril to share?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Refrain:<\/em><br>Throw out the lifeline! Throw out the lifeline!<br>Someone is drifting away;<br>Throw out the lifeline! Throw out the lifeline!<br>Someone is sinking today.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"2\"><li>Throw out the lifeline with hand quick and strong:<br>Why do you tarry, why linger so long?<br>See! he is sinking; oh, hasten today<br>And out with the lifeboat! Away, then, away!<\/li><li>Throw out the lifeline to danger-fraught men,<br>Sinking in anguish where you\u2019ve never been;<br>Winds of temptation and billows of woe<br>Will soon hurl them out where the dark waters flow.<\/li><li>Soon will the season of rescue be o\u2019er,<br>Soon will they drift to eternity\u2019s shore;<br>Haste, then, my brother, no time for delay,<br>But throw out the lifeline and save them today.<\/li><li>This is the lifeline, oh, tempest-tossed men,<br>Baffled by waves of temptation and sin;<br>Wild winds of passion, your strength cannot brave,<br>But Jesus is mighty, and Jesus can save.<\/li><li>Jesus is able! To you who are driv\u2019n<br>Farther and farther from God and from Heav\u2019n,<br>Helpless and hopeless, o\u2019erwhelmed by the wave,<br>We throw out the lifeline\u2014\u2019tis, \u201cJesus can save.\u201d<\/li><li>This is the lifeline, oh, grasp it today!<br>See, you are recklessly drifting away;<br>Voices in warning, shout over the wave,<br>Oh, grasp the strong lifeline, for Jesus can save.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus Is Reaching for You<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of such melodies was written by Edwin S. Ufford in 1888 Throw out the lifeline across the dark wave;There is a brother whom someone should save;Somebody\u2019s brother! Oh, who then will dareTo throw out the lifeline, his peril to share? Refrain:Throw out the lifeline! Throw out the lifeline!Someone is drifting away;Throw out the lifeline! &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faith-is-the-word.online\/index.php\/2022\/03\/13\/amazing-songs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Amazing Songs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faith-is-the-word.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faith-is-the-word.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faith-is-the-word.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faith-is-the-word.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faith-is-the-word.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faith-is-the-word.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2263,"href":"https:\/\/faith-is-the-word.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261\/revisions\/2263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faith-is-the-word.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faith-is-the-word.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faith-is-the-word.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}