Religion

John 20:22: He breathed on them

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 12 (1872)

Religion

The Breath of Christ, that Spirit is!
Saviour, to me the gift impart,
To purge my sin, and seal my peace.
Thy Spirit breathe into my heart:
Ah, give me now the chaste desire,
The spotless love and purity,
With all Thy holiness inspire,
With all the mind which was in Thee.

Thou didst inspire his mortal frame,
Thou didst the breath of lives bestow.
And man a living soul became,
The portraiture of God below:
Thou dost inspire the life of grace,
And as a second soul confer,
The Holy Ghost on all our race,
The saints' eternal Comforter.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “John 20:22: He breathed on them.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6097/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “John 20:22: He breathed on them.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6097/.

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