Thou Breath from still eternity

NT252
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Thou Breath from still eternity
  Breathe o’er my spirit’s barren land—
The pine tree and the myrtle tree
  Shall spring amid the desert sand;
And where Thy living water flows
  The waste shall blossom as the rose.
2
May I in will and deed and word
  Obey Thee as a little child;
And keep me in Thy love, my Lord,
  For ever holy, undefiled;
Within me teach, and strive, and pray,
  Lest I should choose my own wild way.
3
Thy Spirit, Stream by Thee, the Son,
  Is opened to us crystal pure,
Forth flowing from the heavenly throne
  To waiting hearts and spirits poor;
Athirst and weary do I sink
  Beside Thy waters, there to drink.
4
My spirit turns to Thee and clings,
  All else forsaking, unto Thee;
Forgetting all created things,
  Remembering only “God in me.”
Thy living Stream, Thy gracious Rain,
  None wait for these, and wait in vain.
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Jt

London, United Kingdom

Remembering only ‘God in me! ’


Ketura Bale

Toronto, ON, Canada

May I in will and deed and word

Obey Thee as a little child;

And keep me in Thy love, my Lord,

For ever holy, undefiled;


Benjamin Lee

Cambridge, MA, United States

Lord, may my spirit turn and cling to Thee, forsaking all else unto Thee.


C. Taylor

Forth Worth, Texas, United States

Remembering only 'God in me'!


Lane Morgan

Austin, Texas, United States

Forgetting all created things, remembering only “God in me. ”


Lily C

Taiwan

Recently, I feel like I always choose my own wild way to do, to say whatever I want, it indeed is natural and wild, Lord, may I obey to Your tiny gentle voice in me always, that I won’t choose my own wild way.


Glen V

SJ, CA, United States

Oh! The river flows not in vain!


Sister

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Thank You Lord for breathing, springing, flowing, blossoming, keeping, teaching, striving, praying, streaming and living.

Within You I also obey, wait, drink, turn, forsake, forget and remember.


Livingstone

CA, United States

Lord, breathe on our spirit.


James

United States

Like this song, new to me but the words came to me like penetrating into my soul. God bless the writers.