I hear the Savior say

Sin had left a crimson stain, he washed it white as snow💖

One of my favorite songs

This Resurrection Sunday in quarantine I lift my praises to my Redeemer. This song reminds me to be in awe of what HE has done, what HE is doing, and what HE will do. The best is yet to come!

The original song as written by Elvina Hall had 5 stanzas. The hymnal. net version is the one used in most hymnals. The tune and the theme make it easy to add and combine stanzas. Here it is as Elvina originally wrote it:

1. I hear my Savior say,
Thy strength indeed is small,
Thou has nought thy debt to pay,
Find in me thy all in all.
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2. same as Hymnal. net stanza 3 except the first word "For" was originally "Yes,".

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3. An now complete in him,
My robe his righteousness,
Close sheltered 'neath his side,
I am divinely blest.
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4. When from my dying bed
My ransomed soul shall rise,
Then, "Jesus paid it all",
Shall rend the vaulted skies.
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5. And when before the throne
I stand in him complete,
I'll lay my trophies down,
All down at Jesus' feet.
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- Sabbath Carols 1868 on hymnary

See also Guy's comment 10/11/2009 giving additional stanzas in other versions.

White as snow

This is an excellent hymn which expresses faith in the finished work of Christ which has been imparted into our spirit as the Spirit and is able to save to the uttermost those who come forward to God ("child of weakness watch and pray") through Him! "Thy power and Thine alone can change the leper's spots and melt the heart of stone." Lord, grace us to know the surpassing greatness of this power, which is toward us who believe!

I embrace the greatest advice of our Lord, " my child, thy strength is small " . He knows how much we can carry, He knows the task ahead too. Let's take the advice.

Jesus paid it all!

Elvina Hall was a member of the choir of the Monument Street Methodist Church in Baltimore, Maryland. She wrote this hymn on fly leaf (blank 1st page) of a hymnal while Pastor George Shrick was speaking about how we can really know God's love and forgiveness.Following the service, she approached her pastor timidly with the hymnal in hand. She said, These words came to me and I just had to write them down on paper. When the pastor read Elvina's poem it reminded him that the church organist, John Grape, had given him a copy of a new tune that he had recently composed.The tune tune fit the poem, but needed a refrain, which Elvina and the pastor wrote together on the spot.

John Grape, composer of the tune, was a successful coal merchant in Baltimore, who, as he once stated, "dabbled in music for my own amusement." For many years he was an active layman in the Monument Street Church, working in the Sunday school as well as serving as the organist and choir director. - extracted from '52 Hymn Stories Dramatized' by Kenneth W. Osbeck

Jesus paid it all! Praise the Lord!