Whiter Than Snow (Kidder)

Fear not

lit­tle flock

says the Sav­ior di­vine

The Father has willed that the king­dom be thine;

Oh! soil not your gar­ments with sin here be­low

My sheep and My lambs must be whit­er than snow.

Look up

O my bro­ther! and be not cast down

While bear­ing the cross

you are sight­ing the crown;

Go

wash in the fount­ain

while wait­ing be­low—

Your sins shall

though scar­let

be whit­er than snow.

Far whit­er than snow

and as fair as the day

For Christ is the fount­ain to wash guilt away;

Oh

give Him

poor sin­ner

that bur­den of thine

And en­ter the fold with the nin­ety and nine.

Yon sheep that was lost in the val­ley of sin

Was found by the shep­herd

who ga­thered him in;

With songs of thanksgiving the hills did resound

My friends and my neigh­bors

the lost sheep is found.

Ride ov­er temp­ta­tions

and cease your alarms;

Your shep­herd is Jesus

your ref­uge His arms;

He’ll nev­er forget you

a bro­ther and a friend

But love you

and save you in worlds with­out end.