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Breathe on Me

Holy Spirit, breathe on me

Author: Edwin Hatch (1886)
Tune: TRUETT
Published in 31 hymnals

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Author: Edwin Hatch

Hatch, Edwin, D.D., was born at Derby, Sep. 4, 1835, and educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, B.A., in honours, in 1857. After holding important appointments in Canada, he returned to England and became Vice-Principal of St. Mary Hall, Oxford, 1867; and Rector of Purleigh, 1883. (See also Crockford). He died Nov. 10, 1889. His hymn-writing was limited. One, and that a very spirited lyric, is in Allon's Congregational Psalmist Hymnal, 1886 "Breathe on me, Breath of God." (Whitsuntide.) Dr. Hatch's hymns were published in his posthumous Towards Fields of Light, London 1890. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Holy Spirit, breathe on me
Title: Breathe on Me
Author: Edwin Hatch (1886)
Meter: Irregular
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Breathe on me, breathe on me
Copyright: © 1937. Renewed 1965 Broadman Press (SESAC)(admin. by LifeWay Worship).

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 10 of 10)
Audio

Baptist Hymnal 1991 #238

Baptist Hymnal 2008 #332

Celebrating Grace Hymnal #231

Page Scan

Soul-stirring Songs and Hymns (Rev. ed.) #345

The Celebration Hymnal #396

The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration #251

The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #126

Worship His Majesty #311

Yes, Lord! #201

찬송과 예배 = Chansong gwa yebae = Come, Let Us Worship #224

Include 21 pre-1979 instances
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