Tell the Truth

I am reading a great book--highly recommendable--entitled Tell the Truth (subtitled: "The Whole Gospel to the Whole Person by Whole People") by Will Metzger. In his chapter, How to Communicate Personally, he quotes these lyrics at the end of the book:

O Breath of Life, come sweeping through us,

Revive Thy Church with life and power;

O Breath of Life, come, cleanse, renew us,

And fit Thy Church to meet this hour.

O Wind of God, come bend us, break us,

Till humbly we confess our need;

Then in Thy tenderness remake us,

Revive, restore; for this we plead.

O Breath of Love, come breathe within us,

Renewing thought and will and heart:

Come, Love of Christ, afresh to win us,

Revive Thy Church in every part.

Revive us, Lord! Is zeal abating

While harvest fields are vast and white?

Revive us, Lord, the world is waiting,

Equip Thy Church to spread the light.

Lyrics by Bessie Porter Head, titled "O Breath of Life," 1914.