Together in Song ‎#407

407. Breathe on me, breath of God

1 Breathe on me, breath of God,
fill me with life anew,
that I may love all that you love
and do what you would do.

2 Breathe on me, breath of God,
until my heart is pure,
until with you I will one will,
to do and to endure.

3 Breathe on me, breath of God,
and all my life refine,
until this earthly part of me
glows with your fire divine.

4 Breathe on me, breath of God;
so shall I never die,
but live with you the perfect life
of your eternity.

Text Information

• First Line: Breathe on me, breath of God
• Author: Edwin Hatch, 1835-89 (alt.)
• Meter: 66.86
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Scripture:
  2 Timothy 1:6-7
  ;
  Genesis 2:7-15
  ;
  Job 33:4
  ;
  John 20:19-23
  ;
  Romans 12:1-2
• Topic: Commissioning Service; Devotion; Divine Inspiration; Everlasting Life; Heaven; Holiness; Holy Spirit; Lent; Our Sacrifice; Purity; Sincerity

Tune Information

• Name: HAMPTON
• Harmonizer: David Evans, 1874-1948
• Meter: 66.86
• Key: F Major
• Source: Original form of melody from Aaron Williams 'Psalmody in Miniature', London, 1778
• Copyright: Music from "Revised Church Hymnary" 1927 by permission of Oxford University Press