Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#79

79. Awhile in spirit, Lord, to Thee

1 Awhile in spirit, Lord, to Thee,
Into the desert would we flee;
Awhile upon the barren steep,
Our fast with Thee in spirit keep.

2 Awhile from Thy temptation learn
False Satan's wileful lures to spurn,
And in our hearts to feel and own
"Man liveth not by bread alone."

3 O Thou, once tempted like as we,
Thou knowest our infirmity;
Be Thou our Helper in the strife,
Be Thou our true, our inward Life.

4 And while at Thy command we pray
"Give us our bread from day to day,"
May we with Thee, O Christ, be fed,
Thou Word of God, Thou living Bread.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Awhile in spirit, Lord, to Thee
• Author: Joseph Francis Thrupp (1853. a)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Church Year: Lent

Tune Information

• Name: ANGELUS
• Composer: Georg Joseph (1657)
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Adapted in Cantica Spiritualia, 1847; Revised in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1904