A holy air is breathing round

A holy air is breathing round

Author: Abiel A. Livermore
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A Holy air is breathing round,
A fragrance from above;
Be every soul from sense unbound,
Be every spirit love.

O God, unite us heart to heart,
In sympathy divine,
That we be never drawn apart,
And love not Thee nor Thine;

But, by the cross of Jesus taught,
And all Thy gracious word,
Be nearer to each other brought,
And nearer to the Lord.



Source: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #157

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Author: Abiel A. Livermore

Livermore, Abiel Abbot, D.D. was born at Wilton, New Hampshire, Oct. 30, 1811, and graduated at Harvard in Arts, in 1833; and Divinity, 1836. The latter year he was ordained as a Unitarian Minister, and became Pastor at Keene, New Hampshire, 1836; Cincinnati, 1850; Yonkers, New York, 1857. In 1863 he removed to Meadville, Pennsylvania, as the President of the Theological School. Dr. Livermore is the author of various works, and was the chief editor of the Cheshire Pastoral Association's Christian Hymns, 1844, one of the most widely circulated and estimable of American Unitarian collections. To that collection he contributed "A holy air is breathing round" (Holy Communion), which has passed into several collections, including Martineau's Hy… Go to person page >

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Author: Abiel A. Livermore
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NAOMI (Nägeli)

NAOMI was a melody that Lowell Mason (PHH 96) brought to the United States from Europe and arranged as a hymn tune; the arrangement was first published in the periodical Occasional Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1836). Some scholars have attributed the original melody to Johann G. Nageli (PHH 315), but there…

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Instances

Instances (29)TextImageAudioScore
A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #157Image
A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #157Text
Hymnal Amore Dei #300Image
Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship: a collection compiled by a committee of the Cheshire Pastoral Association (11th ed.) #828Image
Christian Science Hymnal #4
Christian Worship: a hymnal #467
Christian Worship, a Hymnal. Special ed. #d2
Common Praise: hymns with tunes for Christian worship #615Image
Family Singing Book. Rev ed. with Supplement #d1
Heart and Voice #d1
Heart and Voice #d1
Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d3
Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #440Image
Hymnal, Amore Dei #300Image
Hymns for Christian Devotion: especially adapted to the Universalist denomination #917Image
Hymns for Christian Devotion: especially adapted to the Universalist denomination. (New ed.) #917Image
Hymns for Public Worship #544Image
Hymns for the Christian Church, for the Use of the First Church of Christ in Boston #402Image
Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America #d1
Jubilate Deo, a Book of Hymns and Tunes for Young and Old #d2
Notes of Victory for Sunday Schools (Wherein an endeavor has been made to present the Way to Victory; the Powers of Victory; the Results of Victory) #88Image
Services for Congregational Worship #480Image
Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith #311Image
The Churches of God Hymnal. #d2
The Gospel Hymnal #d3
The Gospel Psalmist #571Image
The Ideal Song and Hymn Book #d3
The New Hymn and Tune Book #d1
Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. #d3
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