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Though Your Sins Be As Scarlet

Words:
P. Grado
Music:
William H. Doane

Sheet music

  1. 1“Tho' your sins be as scarlet,They shall be as white as snow;Tho' your sins be as scarlet,They shall be as white as snow;Tho' they be red(Tho’ they be red) like crimson,They shall be as wool.”“Tho' your sins be as scarlet,Tho' your sins be as scarlet,They shall be as white as snow,They shall be as white as snow.”
  2. 2Hear the voice that entreats you,Oh, return ye unto God!Hear the voice that entreats you,Oh, return ye unto God!He is of great(He is of great) compassion,And of wondrous love;Hear the voice that entreats you,Hear the voice that entreats you,Oh, return ye unto God!Oh, return ye unto God!
  3. 3He’ll forgive your transgressions,And remember them no more;He’ll forgive your transgressions,And remember them no more;“Look unto Me,(Look unto Me,) ye people,”Saith the Lord your God;He’ll forgive your transgressions,He’ll forgive your transgressions,And remember them no more,And remember them no more.

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1880, the words are in 292 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.

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