Verse 1
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!
Chorus
Pull for the shore, sailor, pull for the shore!
Heed not the rolling waves, but heed the cry,
Safe in the life-boat, sailor, cling to self no more!
Leave the poor old stranded wreck, and pull for the shore.
Verse 2
Trust in the life-boat, 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.
Verse 3
Bright gleams the morning, sailor, up lift the eye,
Clouds and darkness disappearing, glory is nigh;
Isle in the life-boat, sailor, sing evermore:
“Glory, glory, hallelujah!” pull for the shore.