Author: George H. Smyttan, 1822-1870 Hymnal: Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #288 (2012) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Scripture: Luke 4:1-13 Lyrics: 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. Topics: Ash Wednesday; Lenten Season; Angels; Fasting; Hope; Inner Peace; Jesus Christ; Petition, Prayer; Satan; Sickness; Suffering; Temptation Languages: English Tune Title: HEINLEIN
Forty Days and Forty Nights