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121. Forty days and forty nights

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1 Forty days and forty nights
thou wast fasting in the wild;
forty days and forty nights
tempted, and yet undefiled:

2 Sunbeams scorching all the day;
chilly dewdrops nightly shed;
prowling beasts about thy way;
stones thy pillow, earth thy bed.

3 Shall not we thy sorrows share,
and from earthly joys abstain,
fasting with unceasing prayer,
glad with thee to suffer pain?

4 And if Satan, vexing sore,
flesh or spirit should assail,
thou, his vanquisher before,
grant we may not faint nor fail.

5 So shall we have peace divine;
holier gladness ours shall be;
round us too shall angels shine,
such as ministered to thee.

6 Keep, O keep us, Saviour dear,
ever constant by thy side;
that with thee we may appear
at the eternal Eastertide.

Text Information
First Line: Forty days and forty nights
Author: George Hunt Smyttan (1822-1870)
Author: Francis Pott (1832-1909)
Meter: 77 77
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Angels; Ash Wednesday; Church Year: Lent (7 more...)
Tune Information
Name: AUS DER TIEFE (HEINLEIN)
Composer (possible): Martin Herbst (1654-1681)
Meter: 77 77
Key: d minor
Source: Melody by 'M.H.' in Nürnbergisches Gesangbuch, 1676



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