Wash and Be Clean

Down from yon cross flows a river of blood

Author: John R. Clements
Tune: [Down from yon cross flows a river of blood]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: John R. Clements

John R. Clements was born in County Armagh, Ireland 28 November 1868 and was brought to the United States at the age of two years. He worked at the age of thirteen as a retail grocery clerk and had a successful wholesale grocery business. He began writing poetry when he was young. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line: Down from yon cross flows a river of blood
Title: Wash and Be Clean
Author: John R. Clements
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Whiter than snow, whiter than snow
Copyright: Public Domain

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Songs of Praise #16

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