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165. The Glory of These Forty Days

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1 The glory of these forty days
we celebrate with songs of praise;
for Christ, by whom all things were made,
himself has fasted and has prayed.

2 Alone and fasting Moses saw
the loving God who gave the law;
and to Elijah, fasting, came
the steeds and chariots of flame.

3 So Daniel trained his mystic sight,
delivered from the lions’ might;
and John, the Bridegroom’s friend, became
the herald of Messiah’s name.

4 Then grant that we like them be true,
consumed in fast and prayer with you;
our spirits strengthen with your grace,
and give us joy to see your face.

Text Information
First Line: The glory of these forty days
Title: The Glory of These Forty Days
Author: Gregory the Great (6th cent.)
Translator: Maurice F. Bell (1906, alt.)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Christian Year: Baptism of Jesus; Christian Year: Transfiguration; Grace (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: ERHALT UNS, HERR
Harmonizer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1725)
Meter: LM
Key: e minor
Source: Klug’s Geistliche Lieder, 1543


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Appropriate for singing at any time during Lent, this stately text connects Jesus’ wilderness fast with the solitary testing of other prophetic souls: Moses, Elijah, Daniel, and John the Baptist. This sturdy 16th-century chorale melody formed the basis of Bach’s Cantata 126.


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