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Thy Breath, O Lamb, As Rushing Wind

Representative Text

1 Thy breath, O Lamb, as rushing wind
Descendeth from above
With tongue of fire to extend
Through vessels washed in blood.

2 As water rains o’er barren earth,
Its visage to reclaim,
So words of life in man return
To manifest Thy name.

3 That in our heart this Trinity
Of water, blood and breath,
Might testify a mystery
To souls undone by death.

4 That in Thee is eternal life
Thou givest all who come
By simple faith, and through Thee find
The promised Three in One.

5 ’Tis of this treasure love is sown
Whose leaves in me unfurl;
A witness so the lost might know
God’s mercy for this world.

6 Lo, God’s right hand through nature frail
Doth tend benighted ground.
Its light and life will victory hail
By fruit and golden crowns.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #10031

Author: Stephen Popovich

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Text Information

First Line: Thy breath, O Lamb, as rushing wind
Title: Thy Breath, O Lamb, As Rushing Wind
Author: Stephen Popovich (2016)
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

AZMON

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) adapted AZMON from a melody composed by Carl G. Gläser in 1828. Mason published a duple-meter version in his Modern Psalmist (1839) but changed it to triple meter in his later publications. Mason used (often obscure) biblical names for his tune titles; Azmon, a city south of C…

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