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Head</h2><div class="art-postheadericons art-metadata-icons"><img src="https://womenofchristianity.com/wp-content/themes/WomenOfChristianity_modmenu/images/postdateicon.png" width="20" height="20" alt="" /><span class="date">Published</span> <span class="entry-date" title="9:48 PM">November 10, 2022</span> | <img src="https://womenofchristianity.com/wp-content/themes/WomenOfChristianity_modmenu/images/postauthoricon.png" width="14" height="14" alt="" /><span class="author">By</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://womenofchristianity.com/author/womenofchristianity/" title="View all posts by womenofchristianity">womenofchristianity</a></span></div> <div class="art-postcontent">  <p>O Breath of Life, come sweeping through us,<br /> Revive Thy Church with life and power;<br /> O Breath of Life, come, cleanse, renew us,<br /> And fit Thy church to meet this hour.</p> <p>O Wind of God, come bend us, break us,<br /> Till humbly we confess our need;<br /> Then in Thy tenderness remake us,<br /> Revive, restore, for this we plead.</p> <p>O Breath of Love, come breathe within us,<br /> Renewing thought and will and heart;<br /> Come, Love of Christ, afresh to win us,<br /> Revive Thy Church in every part.</p> <p>O Heart of Christ, once broken for us,<br /> ‘Tis there we find our strength and rest;<br /> Our broken, contrite hearts now solace,<br /> And let Thy waiting Church be blest.</p> <p>Revive us, Lord! 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