Chalice Hymnal ‎#179

179. Forty Days and Forty Nights

1 Forty days and forty nights
you were fasting in the wild;
forty days and forty nights
tempted, and yet undefiled.

2 Shall not we your sorrow share
and from worldly joys abstain,
fasting with unceasing prayer,
strong with you to suffer pain?

3 Then if Satan on us press,
flesh or spirit to assail,
victor in the wilderness,
grant we may not faint or fail!

4 So shall we have peace divine:
holier gladness ours shall be;
round us, too, shall angels shine,
such as served you faithfully.

5 Keep, O keep us, Savior dear,
ever constant by your side;
that with you we may appear
at the eternal Eastertide.

Text Information

• First Line: Forty days and forty nights
• Title: Forty Days and Forty Nights
• Author: George H. Smyttan (1856, alt.)
• Meter: 77.77
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Life and Ministry; God Known in Jesus Christ: Life and Ministry; Christian Year: Lent; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ: Life and Ministry

Tune Information

• Name: HEINLEIN
• Composer (attributed to): Martin Herbst (1676)
• Meter: 77.77
• Key: d minor