Whiter than the Snow

A fount of cleansing flows so free

Author: Barney Elliott Warren (1911)
Tune: [A fount of cleansing flows so free]
Published in 2 hymnals

Printable scores: Sibelius

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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]

Author: Barney Elliott Warren

Barney Elliott Warren, 1867-1951 Born: Feb­ru­a­ry 20, 1867, Lew­is­ton, New York. Died: Ap­ril 21, 1951, Spring­field, Ohio. Buried: Vale Cem­e­te­ry, Spring­field, Ohio. Warren was con­verted in 1884 at a re­viv­al near Bang­or, Mi­chi­gan. Two years lat­er he joined Dan­i­el Sid­ney War­ner and his evan­gel­is­tic sing­ing com­pa­ny as a bass sing­er. The group was part of the Church of God Re­form­a­tion Move­ment in An­der­son, In­di­a­na. War­ren Is cred­it­ed with writ­ing over 7000 songs. His wife was Nan­nie Ki­gar, who be­longed to the sing­ing group that tra­veled the coun­try­side in the late 1800’s. Warren was a Church of God min­is­ter as well as a song writ­er,… Go to person page >

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First Line: A fount of cleansing flows so free
Title: Whiter than the Snow
Author: Barney Elliott Warren (1911)
Meter: 8.8.8.8.10.9.10.9
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Whiter than the snow

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