The United Methodist Hymnal ‎#269

269. Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days

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1 Lord, who throughout these forty days
for us didst fast and pray,
teach us with thee to mourn our sins
and close by thee to stay.

2 As thou with Satan didst contend,
and didst the victory win,
O give us strength in thee to fight,
in thee to conquer sin.

3 As thou didst hunger bear, and thirst,
so teach us, gracious Lord,
to die to self, and chiefly live
by thy most holy word.

4 And through these days of penitence,
and through thy passiontide,
yea, evermore in life and death,
Jesus, with us abide.

5 Abide with us, that so, this life
of suffering over past,
an Easter of unending joy
we may attain at last.

Text Information

• First Line: Lord, who throughout these forty days
• Title: Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days
• Author: Claudia F. Hernaman (1873)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1989
• Scripture:
  Matthew 4:1-11
  ;
  Mark 1:12-13
  ;
  Luke 4:1-13
• Topic: Christian Year: Ash Wednesday; Biblical Narrative; Jesus Christ

Tune Information

• Name: LAND OF REST
• Arranger: Annabel Morris Buchanan (1938)
• Harmonizer: Charles H. Webb (1988)
• Meter: CM
• Key: F Major
• Source: USA folk melody
• Copyright: Harm. © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House; © 1938, renewed 1966, J. Fischer and Bro. Co.