Can the leopard change the spots
Woven in his coat of skin?
Can he move those colored dots
Which fom 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—
Covered 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, he not then enticed
Such a folly to begin;
Nothing but the blood of Christ-
E'er could take away thy sin.
Washed in His most precious blood,
Which in love did freely flow,
Bathed in that all-cleansing flood,
Whiter thou shalt be than snow.
Messages of God’s Love 6/17/1934