Friday, January 10, 2025

Still Whiter Than Snow



 

"Come now, let us reason together," says the Lord. Though your sins
 are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are 
as red as crimson, they will become like wool."
(Isaiah 1:18)



Winter In Italy
Funes, Bolzano,
Trentino-Alto Adige
Image courtesy/Pinterest



What can be whiter than beautiful snow,

Coming from Heaven to earth below,

Pure and so white as it falleth light

Over this broad world of sin and of woe?

Yes, there is something still whiter;

Hearken ye weary and know!

Tho' your sins be as scarlet red,

They shall be whiter than snow.

Jesus has died, and now all men may know

That His rich blood for the world did flow;

Saved we may be, and from sin set free,

Washed and made whiter than beautiful snow.

Yes, there is something still whiter;

Hearken ye weary and know!

Tho' your sins be as scarlet red,

They shall be whiter than snow.

Beautiful souls of His saints here below,

What but His blood could have made them so?

All who believe shall His grace receive,

And be made purer than Heaven-born snow.

Yes, there is something still whiter;

Hearken ye weary and know!

Tho' your sins be as scarlet red,

They shall be whiter than snow.

Come to this Savior!  He surely doth know

All of your sorrow and sin and woe,

And when you sigh He will hear your cry,

Wash you more white than the beautiful snow.

Yes, there is something still whiter;

Hearken ye weary and know!

Tho' your sins be as scarlet red,

They shall be whiter than snow.


"Still Whiter Than Snow"
(1894)
Miriam Stabler




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