The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#348

348. Though I should seek to wash me clean

1 Though I should seek to wash me clean
In water of the driven snow,
My soul would yet its spots retain,
And sink in conscious guilt and woe.

2 God's law in all its power divine
Condemns my erring soul to death;
Declares the foulness of its sin,
And show the vileness of its worth.

3 There must a Mediator plead
Whom God and man may both embrace,
With God for man to intercede,
And offer us the purchased grace.

4 And thus the Son of God is slain
To be this Mediator crowned;
In him, my soul, be cleansed from stain,
In him thy righteousness be found.

Text Information

• First Line: Though I should seek to wash me clean
• Author: Anon.
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Christ: Mediation and Atonement

Tune Information

• Name: WARD
• Arranger: Lowell Mason
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Scotch
• Notes: Alternate tunes: #361, 64, or 101.