The phrase "breathless" resonates through 12 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
breathless
...The old Judean flocks aglow keep watch within the skies
An icy stillness closer holds the pulses of the breathless night,
And all the Christmas night, the angel stars shine bright...
The old Judean flocks aglow keep watch within the skies
An icy stillness closer holds the pulses of the breathless night,
And all the Christmas night, the angel stars shine bright
...At whose supreme command
Graves yield their breathless captives up,
And seas become dry land....
At whose supreme command
Graves yield their breathless captives up,
And seas become dry land.
...Early hasten to the tomb
Where they laid His breathless clay;
All is solitude and gloom....
Early hasten to the tomb
Where they laid His breathless clay;
All is solitude and gloom.
...Are obscured with doubts and fears.
And the world is waiting, breathless,
For an evolution vast:...
Are obscured with doubts and fears.
And the world is waiting, breathless,
For an evolution vast:
...Are obscured with doubts and fears.
And the world is waiting, breathless,
For an evolution vast:...
Are obscured with doubts and fears.
And the world is waiting, breathless,
For an evolution vast:
...Of light and darkness, death and life,
With breathless awe we see.
We know that fearful darkness soon...
Of light and darkness, death and life,
With breathless awe we see.
We know that fearful darkness soon
...Comes triumphant from the dead!
O! the breathless fear which fell
On the guards no tongue may tell;...
Comes triumphant from the dead!
O! the breathless fear which fell
On the guards no tongue may tell;
...The solemn hush of nature newly born;
Alone with Thee in breathless adoration,
In the calm dew and freshness of the morn....
The solemn hush of nature newly born;
Alone with Thee in breathless adoration,
In the calm dew and freshness of the morn.
...Answer, ye soldiers tried,
Whence gone His breathless clay?
And who has swept the stone...
Answer, ye soldiers tried,
Whence gone His breathless clay?
And who has swept the stone
...On chastity’s meek lap enshrined,
With breathless reverence waiting by,
When we our sovereign master find,...
On chastity’s meek lap enshrined,
With breathless reverence waiting by,
When we our sovereign master find,
...Soon as His banner He upraises,
The Spirit moves the breathless bones—
Speed, speed! Thy Word o’er land and ocean;...
Soon as His banner He upraises,
The Spirit moves the breathless bones—
Speed, speed! Thy Word o’er land and ocean;
...And waked the sleeping dead!
Now breathless in the silent tomb,
His sacred body lies:...
And waked the sleeping dead!
Now breathless in the silent tomb,
His sacred body lies:
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