Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Psalm 51:7
Words & Music: Frank E. Robinson, 1926 (🔊 pdf nwc). Appeared in Full Redemption Songs, edited by George Bennard (Albion, Michigan: Bennard Music, 1933), number 43.
If you know where to get a good photo of Robinson (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Whiter than snow is my prayer, dear Lord,
Whiter than snow today;
Wash me and cleanse me in Thine own blood,
Take all my sin away.
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Whiter, whiter than snow,
Jesus, make me to know
That my heart is free from sin,
And pure within.
Purge me with fire, all my dross consume,
Let not one spot remain,
Till all my being is purified,
And Christ alone doth reign.
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Sanctify wholly, O Lord, I pray,
Fill me with love divine;
Let every part of my ransomed life
Be all, and only, Thine.
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Grant me Thy power for service, Lord,
Help me to live and love,
Till Thou shalt call me from earth’s domain
To heav’nly realms above.
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