Can the Leopard change the spots
Woven in his coat of skin?
Can he move those color’d dots
Which from all attention win?
No; however much he tried,
All his efforts would be vain;
He with spots would still be dyed,
Every one would yet remain.
Can the sinner—vile within—
Cover’d o’er with evil blots,
Cleanse himself from shame and sin,
And efface his sinful spots?
Nay; there’s not a thing of earth
That can cleanse a sinner’s stains
All he tries is nothing worth,
He polluted still remains.
Sinner, be not then enticed ,
Such a folly to begin;
Nothing but the blood of Christ
E’er could take away thy sin.
Wash’d in His most precious blood,
Which in love did freely flow,
Bath’d in that all-cleansing flood,
Whiter thou shalt be than snow.
Messages of God’s Love 4/23/1905