Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New ‎#476

476. O Breath of Life

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

2 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 ev'ry part!

3 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.

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

Text Information

• First Line: O Breath of Life, come sweeping through us
• Title: O Breath of Life
• Author: Elizabeth Ann Porter Head, 1850-1936
• Meter: 98 98
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  Acts 2:1-4
  ;
  Genesis 1:1-4
  ;
  Genesis 2:7
  ;
  John 4:35
• Topic: Confirmation; Evangelism; Opening Hymn; The Witnessing Community; Year A: Lent 3; Year A: Lent 5; Year A: Second Sunday Before Lent; Year A: Pentecost; Year B: Baptism of Christ; Year B: Pentecost; Year C: Pentecost; Year C: Second Sunday Before Lent
• Copyright: © Copyright Control
• Notes: Now Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: SPIRITUS VITAE
• Composer: Mary Jane Hammond, 1878-1964
• Meter: 98 98
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: © Copyright Control