Breathe on Me Breath of God
Edwin Hatch was a learned man
who could string together sentences
filled with many-syllable words.
After all, he was a distinguished
theologian and lecturer in ecclesiastical history at Oxford.
But when it came to expressing
his faith, Hatch was as simple as
a child. This hymn is filled with
one-syllable words and is a simple
heartfelt prayer. At man’s creation,
Jehovah (Relational) God breathed
and man became a living person
(Genesis 2:7). At our re-creation
through Jesus, the breath of God
brings spiritual life and power.
All Praise be to Jehovah:
And on the seventh day God ended
His work which He had done,
and He rested on the seventh
day from all His work which
He had done (Genesis 2:2).
This is the account of the
heavens and the earth when
they were created, in the day
that the LORD (Jehovah) God
made earth and heaven (v4).
And the Lord God formed man
of the dust of the ground, and
breathed into his nostrils the
breath of life; and man became
a living being (Genesis 2:7).
Lord, 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,
Till I am wholly Thine,
Till all this earthly part of me
Glows with Thy fire divine. Amen.