{"id":18273,"date":"2023-05-28T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=18273"},"modified":"2023-05-27T23:17:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T03:17:27","slug":"pentecost-singing-o-breath-of-life-come-sweeping-through-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=18273","title":{"rendered":"Pentecost Singing: O Breath of Life, Come Sweeping Through Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"O Breath of life, come sweeping through us\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I-r3xd9_P3k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today is Pentecost Sunday, the day on which the Lord Christ sent the Comforter to dwell among us. This hymn, &#8220;O Breath of Life, Come Sweeping Through Us,&#8221; comes to use from the Irish woman Bessie Porter Head (1850-1936).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. O Breath of life, come sweeping through us,<br>revive your church with life and pow&#8217;r;<br>O Breath of Life, come, cleanse, renew us,<br>and fit your church to meet this hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. O Wind of God, come bend us, break us,<br>till humbly we confess our need;<br>then in your tenderness remake us,<br>revive, restore, for this we plead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. O Breath of love, come breathe within us,<br>renewing thought and will and heart;<br>come, Love of Christ, afresh to win us,<br>revive your church in ev&#8217;ry part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. O Heart of Christ, once broken for us,<br>&#8217;tis there we find our strength and rest;<br>our broken, contrite hearts now solace,<br>and let your waiting church be blest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. Revive us, Lord! Is zeal abating<br>while harvest fields are vast and white?<br>Revive us, Lord, the world is waiting,<br>equip your church to spread the light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Pentecost Sunday, the day on which the Lord Christ sent the Comforter to dwell among us. This hymn, &#8220;O Breath of Life, Come Sweeping Through Us,&#8221; comes to use from the Irish woman Bessie Porter Head (1850-1936). 1. 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