One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism ‎#299

299. 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 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 the eternal Eastertide.

Text Information

• First Line: Forty days and forty nights
• Title: Forty Days and Forty Nights
• Author: George H. Smyttan, 1822-1870 (alt.)
• Meter: 7 7 7 7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2018
• Scripture:
  Matthew 4:1-2
  ;
  Luke 4:1-13
• Topic: The Celebration of the Gospel Story: Ash Wednesday and Lent; Christian Year: Lent; Jesus Christ: Temptation and Wilderness

Tune Information

• Name: HEINLEIN
• Composer (attributed to): Martin Herbst, 1654-1681
• Meter: 7 7 7 7
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Nürnbergisches Gesangbuch, 1676