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Text:The Cleansing Fountain
Author:Ira David Sankey
Tune:[Behold a fountain deep and wide]
Composer:Ira David Sankey
Media:MIDI file

892. The Cleansing Fountain

1. Behold a fountain deep and wide,
Behold its onward flow;
’Twas opened in the Savior’s side,
And cleanseth white as snow,
And cleanseth white as snow!

Refrain
Come to this fountain!
’Tis flowing today;
And all who will may freely come,
And wash their sins away.

2. From Calvary’s cross, where Jesus died
In sorrow, pain, and woe;
Burst forth the wondrous crimson tide
That cleanseth white as snow,
That cleanseth white as snow! [Refrain]

3. Oh, may we all the healing power
Of that blest fountain know!
Trust only in the precious blood
That cleanseth white as snow,
That cleanseth white as snow! [Refrain]

4. And when at last the message comes,
And we are called to go,
Our trust shall still be in the blood
That cleanseth white as snow,
That cleanseth white as snow! [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Behold a fountain deep and wide
Title: The Cleansing Fountain
Author: Ira David Sankey (1887)
Refrain First Line: Come to this fountain!
Language: English
Source: Gospel Hymns No. 5 by Ira Sankey et al. (New York: Biglow & Main, 1887)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Some hymnals show the author as Rian A. Dykes, Sankey's pseudonym
Tune Information
Name: [Behold a fountain deep and wide]
Composer: Ira David Sankey (1887)
Incipit: 55556 71117 12112
Key: A♭ Major
Source: Gospel Hymns No. 5 by Ira Sankey, et al. (New York: Biglow & Main, 1887)
Copyright: Public Domain



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