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| Text: | Forty Days and Forty Nights |
| Author: | George H. Smyttan, 1822-1879 |
| Tune: | HEINLEIN |
| Arranger: | William H. Monk, 1823-1889 |
| Composer (attributed to): | Martin Herbst, 1654-1681 |
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 nor 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 th'eternal Eastertide.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Forty days and forty nights |
| Title: | Forty Days and Forty Nights |
| Author: | George H. Smyttan, 1822-1879 (alt.) |
| Meter: | 77 77 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2012 |
| Scripture: | ; ; |
| Topic: | The Liturgical Year: Ash Wednesday; The Liturgical Year: Lent (Sundays and Weekdays) |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HEINLEIN |
| Composer (attributed to): | Martin Herbst, 1654-1681 (alt.) |
| Arranger: | William H. Monk, 1823-1889 |
| Meter: | 77 77 |
| Key: | F Major or modal |
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