Breathe on me, breath of God

Breathe on me, Breath of God. Edwin Hatch* (1835-1889). This hymn began life as a poem in Hatch’s privately printed volume, Between Doubt and Prayer (1878). It was later published by his widow in Towards Fields of Light (1890), entitled ‘Spiritus Dei’; it had earlier been included in Henry Allon*’s The Congregational Psalmist Hymnal (1886). It was not in EH: it became widely known in Britain after its inclusion in A&M (1904). It has remained in A&M books since that time. It had four Short Metre stanzas: 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...