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 pure,
Until with Thee I will one will,
To do and to endure.
Breathe on me, Breath of God,
Till I am wholly Thine,
Until this earthly part of me
Glows with Thy fire divine.
Breathe on me, Breath of God,
So shall I never die,
But live with Thee the perfect life
Of Thine eternity.
Brightly beams our Father’s mercy,
From His lighthouse evermore,
But to us He gives the keeping
Of the lights along the shore.
Refrain:
Let the lower lights be burning!
Send a gleam across the wave!
Some poor *struggling, fainting seaman
You may rescue, you may save.
Dark the night of sin has settled,
Loud the angry billows roar;
Eager eyes are watching, longing,
For the lights along the shore.
Trim your feeble lamp, my brother;
Some poor sailor, tempest-tossed,
Trying now to make the harbor,
In the darkness may be lost.
1. Bringing our all, to offer
Gems of our treasurestore,
Self and heart let us proffer,
Here at the stable door.
Truth is its best adorning,
Love is its purest worth
This is the holy morning,
Day of our Saviour’s birth!
2. Blest with all heavenly treasure
Since when we first believed,
Let us, in grateful measure,
Give as we have received.
Joyfilled beyond all fullness,
Hopefilled beyond all days,
Let us with heart and wholeness
Render our Saviour praise.
3. Shepherds in awe and wonder,
Keeping their flock by night,
Saw the sky rent asunder
By a celestial light
Then, the glad tidings, given,
Hastened the manger nigh,
And, like the host of heaven,
Glorified God Most High.