Church Hymn: Breathe On Me (cover)

Описание: “Breathe On Me” is an old Church Hymn from the Baptist Hymnal
This Video is sung by: Chip Dixon
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Holy Spirit, breathe on me
Alterer: B. B. McKinney; Author: Edwin Hatch
Tune: TRUETT
Published in 29 hymnals

Words: Baylus Benjamin McKinney (b. July 22, 1886; d. Sept. 7, 1952)
Music: Baylus Benjamin McKinney

Note: B. B. McKinney wrote this hymn called Breathe on Me (or Holy Spirit, Breathe on Me), about the work of the Holy Spirit in the Christian’s life. Strangely, this song is sometimes credited to Edwin Hatch (1835-1889), who wrote Breathe on Me, Breath of God, which explores a similar theme. (Hymnary.org goes so far as to credit the present hymn to Hatch, listing McKinney as an “adapter” of the song.) McKinney may have been inspired by the earlier hymn, and borrows some of Hatch’s phrases, but they are not identical.

The Bible has some things to tell us about breathing. When God formed the first man’s body from the dust (or elements) of the earth, He “breathed into His nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being [a living creature]” (Gen. 2:7). Human life, in physical terms, originated when the animating life of God was breathed into Adam. “The breath of the Almighty gives me life,” says Job, “in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind” (Job 12:10; 33:4). “He gives to all life, breath, and all things” (Acts 17:25).