Holy Spirit, breathe on me

Holy Spirit, breathe on me. Baylus B. McKinney* (1886-1952). This hymn was copyrighted by the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and published in Songs of Victory (of which McKinney was the music editor) in 1937. It was published in The Broadman Hymnal (Nashville, 1940: McKinney was again music editor). It is a rewriting, with a refrain, of ‘Breathe on me, breath of God’* by Edwin Hatch*, dated 1878. In The Broadman Hymnal it was attributed to Hatch; McKinney was named as the composer of the tune TRUETT, named after George W. Truett (1867-1944), famous Baptist of Dallas, Texas, President 1927-29 of the Southern Baptist Convention, and 1934-39 of the World Baptist...