Timeless Truths ‎#1087

1087. Whiter than the Snow

1 A fount of cleansing flows so free
From that blest mount of Calvary;
What virtue in this stream I see,
Its healing waters cover me.

Refrain:
Whiter than the snow, the beautiful snow,
Whiter than the snow He has made me;
Whiter than the snow, the beautiful snow,
Whiter than the snow He has made me.

2 My heart a crimson hue was stained,
No righteousness in me remained;
I could not stem sin’s rushing flow,
Till I was whiter than the snow. [Refrain]

3 ’Tis not by works lest one should boast,
But by the blessed Holy Ghost;
The cleansing blood, by faith I know,
Has made me whiter than the snow. [Refrain]

4 All glory to the Lord most high,
Who dwells in all the earth and sky;
Who brought redemption to the soul,
Prepared our home beyond life’s goal. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: A fount of cleansing flows so free
• Title: Whiter than the Snow
• Author: B. E. W. (1911)
• Refrain First Line: Whiter than the snow, the beautiful snow
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.10.9.10.9
• Scripture:
  Psalm 51:7
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Whiter_than_the_Snow); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (117); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (172)

Tune Information

• Name: [A fount of cleansing flows so free]
• Composer: Barney E. Warren (1911)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.10.9.10.9
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Whiter_than_the_Snow); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (117); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (172)