Steady, brave and earnest, See them as they stand, Waiting for the signal That bids them leave the land.

Out upon the waters, Lashed to fury now, Each man and youth is working With a grave and anxious brow.

They have left their home and loved ones For the sake of those at sea, Though they Isnew the awful danger That would round about them be.

For they heard above the tempest The booming of a gun, And they quickly manned the Life-boat Ere the wild waves should have won.

Then they fought the angry billows, And they reached the sinking wreck, Bearing hope, and life and safety To those gathered on the deck.

Again they cross the waters— There are still some lives to save; And they strain each nerve and muscle As they breast the angry wave.

The vessel now is sinking, With a shiver and a sigh, As the Life-boat men are greeted With a cheer that's rising high.

They have saved the lives of others; They are pleading now with you; Are they not our friends and brothers? Will you help the Life-boat crew? M. H.

Blackburn, July IGth, 1894.

NOTICE.

The next number of the LIFE-BOAT JOUBNAL will be published on the 1st November..