Missions
Rescue the Perishing
- Words:
- Fanny Crosby, 1869, alt.
- Music:
- 'Rescue the Perishing' William Howard Doane, 1870.
- Setting:
- William Howard Doane, 1870.
- Metre:
- 11 10 11 10 11 10
- 1Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;Weep o'er the erring one, lift up the fallen,Tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save.Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.
- 2Though they are slighting Him, still He is waiting,Waiting the penitent child to receive;Plead with them earnestly, plead with them gently;He will forgive they should only believe.Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.
- 3Down in the human heart, crushed by the tempter,Feelings lie buried that grace can restore;Touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness,Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.
- 4Rescue the perishing, duty demands it;Strength for thy labor the Lord will provide;Back to the narrow way patiently win them;Tell the poor wand'rer a Savior has died.Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.
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In the hymnals
- Written in 1869, the words are in 926 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Rescue the Perishing, is in 668 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.