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O breath of life, come sweeping through us

Author: Bessie Porter Head (1920)
Tune: SPIRITUS VITAE
Published in 28 hymnals

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1 O Breath of Life, come sweeping through us,
revive your Church with life and power;
O Breath of Life, come, cleanse, renew us,
and fit your Church to meet this hour.

2 O Wind of God, come bend us, break us,
till humbly we confess our need;
then in your tenderness remake us,
revive, restore; for this we plead.

3 O Breath of Love, come breathe within us,
renewing thought and will and heart;
come, Love of Christ, afresh to win us,
revive your Church in every part.

4 Revive us, Lord! is zeal abating
while harvest fields are vast and white?
Revive us, Lord, the world is waiting,
equip your Church to spread the light.

Source: Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition #595

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Author: Bessie Porter Head

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First Line:	O breath of life, come sweeping through us
Title:	O Breath of Life
Author:	Bessie Porter Head (1920)
Meter:	9.8.9.8

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SPIRITUS VITAE

The name SPIRITUS VITAE derives from the Latin translation of Bessie P. Head's text "O Breath of Life, " for which Mary Jane Hammond (b. England, 1878; d. St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, 1964) composed the tune around 1914. That text and SPIRITUS VITAE were first published in Heavenly Places and…

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DET AR ETT FAST ORD

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O BREATH OF LIFE (Hymnal for Worship & Celebration 291)

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Worship and Rejoice #328

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Worship and Rejoice (2001), p.362

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First Line	Instances (16)	Text Title	Authors	Composers	Meter	Scripture	Tune Title	Tune Key	Languages	Publication Date
O Breath of Life, come sweeping through us	Sing Joyfully #152	O Breath of Life	Bessie P. Head	Mary J. Hammond			[O Breath of Life, come sweeping through us]	D Major	English	1989
O Breath of life, come sweeping through us	Voices United: The Hymn and Worship Book of The United Church of Canada #202	O Breath of Life	Elizabeth A. P. Head	Mary Jane Hammond	9.8.9.8		SPIRITUS VITAE	D Major	English	1996
O Breath of Life, come sweeping through us	Chalice Hymnal #250	O Breath of Life	Bessie Porter Head	Clement C. Scholefield	9.8.9.8		ST. CLEMENT	G Major or modal	English	1995
O Breath of Life, come sweeping through us	The Worshiping Church #299	O Breath of Life	Elizabeth Ann P. Head	Mary J. Hammond	9.8.9.8	Acts 20:22; Acts 2:1-4; John 6:63; Psalm 85:6; Isaiah 57:15	SPIRITUS VITAE	D Major	English	1990
O breath of life, come sweeping through us	Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #305									2000
O Breath of Life, come sweeping through us	Worship and Rejoice #328	O Breath of Life	Elizabeth Ann P. Head, 1850-1936	Mary J. Hammond, 1878-1964	9.8.9.8	Acts 2:1-4; Psalm 51:10-12; John 20:22; Jeremiah 18:1-4; John 6:63; Isaiah 57:12; Acts 20:22; Psalm 85:6	SPIRITUS VITAE	D Major		2001
O Breath of life, come sweeping through us	Trinity Hymnal #341	O Breath of Life, Come Sweeping through Us	Bessie P. Head	Mary J. Hammond	9.8.9.8	Psalm 85:6	SPIRITUS VITAE	D Major	English	1990
O breath of life, come sweeping through us	Hymns Old and New: New Anglican #356				9.8.9.8					1996
O breath of life, come sweeping through us	Together in Song: Australian Hymn Book II #409				9.8.9.8					1999
O breath of life, come sweeping through us	Church Family Worship #464				9.8.9.8					1988
O breath of life, come sweeping through us	Complete Anglican Hymns Old & New #486	O breath of life, come sweeping through us								2000
O breath of life, come sweeping through us	Complete Mission Praise #488				9.8.9.8					2000
O Breath of Life, come sweeping through us	The United Methodist Hymnal #543	O Breath of Life	Bessie Porter Head	David Ashley White	9.8.9.8	John 20:22; Acts 2	BISHOP POWELL	D Major	English	1989
O Breath of Life, come sweeping through us	Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition #595		Elizabeth Ann Head (1850-1936)	George Gilbert Stocks (1877-1960)	9.8.9.8		SUNSET	E Flat Major	English	2005
O Breath of Life, come sweeping thru us	Revival Hymns and Choruses #233	O Breath of Life	Bessie Porter Head, 1850-1936	Norman Johnson, 1928-			CORONADO	G Major	English	1982
O Breath of Life, come sweeping thru us	The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration #291	O Breath of Life	Bessie Porter Head	Joel Blomquist	9.8.9.8		DET AR ETT FAST ORD	A Flat Major		1986