Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.
Ezekiel 37:5
Words: Edwin Hatch, 1878. First appeared in a private printing of Between Doubt and Prayer.
Music: Trentham Robert Jackson, in Fifty Sacred Leaflets, 1888 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Alternate Tunes:
Breathe on me, breath of God,
Fill me with life anew,
That I may love what Thou dost love,
And do what Thou wouldst do.
Breathe on me, breath of God,
Until my heart is pure,
Until with Thee I will one will,
To do and to endure.
Breathe on me, breath of God,
Blend all my soul with Thine,
Until this earthly part of me
Glows with Thy fire divine.
Breathe on me, breath of God,
So shall I never die,
But live with Thee the perfect life
Of Thine eternity.