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164 | Glory to God#165 | 166 |
Text: | The Glory of These Forty Days |
Author: | Gregory the Great |
Translator: | Maurice F. Bell |
Tune: | ERHALT UNS, HERR |
Harmonizer: | Johann Sebastian Bach |
Media: | Audio recording |
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.
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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 | |
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Name: | ERHALT UNS, HERR |
Harmonizer: | Johann Sebastian Bach (1725) |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | e minor |
Source: | Klug’s Geistliche Lieder, 1543 |
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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