Rescue the Perishing

Text by Fanny Jane Crosby

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About this hymn

Date: 1869
Tune: Rescue the Perishing
Composer: William Howard Doane
Key: Bb
Meter: 11 10 11 10 11 10

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Activity, Assurance, Atonement, Compassion, Contrition, Conversion.

Jude 1:22-23 · 2Cor 7:10-12 · 1Tim 4:16 · 1Pt 3:14-16

Musical background

Rescue the Perishing is presented in the source key of Bb, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: Fanny Crosby, 1869, alt. Music: 'Rescue the Perishing' William Howard Doane, 1870. Setting: William Howard Doane, 1870. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2015 Revision.