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Text:O for a Heart Whiter than Snow
Author:E. E. Hewitt
Tune:[O for a heart that is whiter than snow!]
Composer:Wm. J. Kirkpatrick

19. O for a Heart Whiter than Snow

1 O for a heart that is whiter than snow!
Kept, ever kept, 'neath the lifegiving flow;
Cleansed from all passion, self-seeking, and pride,
Washed in the fountain of Calvary's tide.

Chorus:
O for a heart whiter than snow!
Saviour divine, to whom else can I go?
Thou who didst die, loving me so,
Give me a heart that is whiter than snow.

2 O for a heart that is whiter than snow!
Calm in the peace that he loves to bestow;
Daily refreshed by the heavenly dews,
Ready for service whene'er he shall choose. [Chorus]

3 O for a heart that is whiter than snow!
With the pure flame of the Spirit aglow;
Filled with the love that is true and sincere,
Love that is able to banish all fear. [Chorus]

4 O for a heart that is whiter than snow!
Then in his grace and his knowledge to grow;
Growing like him who my pattern shall be,
Till in his beauty my King I shall see. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: O for a heart that is whiter than snow!
Title: O for a Heart Whiter than Snow
Author: E. E. Hewitt
Refrain First Line: O for a heart whiter than snow!
Language: English
Publication Date: 1892
Copyright: Copyright, 1892, by Wm. J. Kirkpatrick
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [O for a heart that is whiter than snow!]
Composer: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick
Key: D Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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