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Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days
Author: Claudia Frances Hernaman Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 86 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11 Lyrics: 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 And through these days of penitence,
And through Thy Passiontide,
Yea, evermore, in life and death,
O Lord, with us abide.
4 Abide with us, that so, this life
Of suffering over-past,
An Easter of unending joy
We may attain at last!
Topics: Repentance Used With Tune: ST. FLAVIAN
Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days
Seek Ye First the Kingdom
Author: Karen Lafferty Meter: Irregular Appears in 75 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 4:4 First Line: Seek ye first the kingdom of God Topics: Comfort & Encouragement; Songs for Children Bible Songs; Comfort & Encouragement; Kingdom; Prayer; Promises; Word of God Used With Tune: LAFFERTY
Seek Ye First the Kingdom
Forty Days and Forty Nights
Author: George H. Smyttan, 1822-1870 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 157 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 4:1-2 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: Seasons and Feasts Ash Wednesday; Fasting Used With Tune: HEINLEIN
Forty Days and Forty Nights
O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High
Author: Thomas á Kempis; John Mason Neale Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 139 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11 Lyrics: 1 O love, how deep, how broad, how high,
How passing thought and fantasy,
That God, the Son of God, should take
Our mortal form for mortals’ sake!
2 For us baptized, for us He bore
His holy fast and hungered sore;
For us temptations sharp He knew,
For us the tempter overthrew.
3 For us to evil power betrayed,
Scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed,
He bore the shameful cross and death,
For us gave up His dying breath.
4 For us He rose from death again;
For us He went on high to reign;
For us He sent His Spirit here,
To guide, to strengthen, and to cheer.
5 All glory to our Lord and God
For love so deep, so high, so broad:
The Trinity whom we adore
Forever and forevermore.
Used With Tune: DEO GRACIAS
O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High
Jesus, Tempted in the Desert
Author: Herman G. Stuempfle Jr. Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 15 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11 Topics: The Grace of Jesus Christ Christ's Life and Teaching Used With Tune: EBENEZER
Jesus, Tempted in the Desert
Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and Bless
Author: Anonymous; James Montgomery Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 97 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 4:4 Lyrics: 1 Shepherd of souls, refresh and bless
your chosen pilgrim flock
with manna in the wilderness,
with water from the rock.
2 Hungry and thirsty, faint and weak,
as you when here below,
our souls the joys celestial seek
which from thy sorrows flow.
3 We would not live by bread alone,
but by that Word of grace,
in strength of which we travel on
to our abiding place.
4 Be known to us in breaking bread,
but do not then depart;
Savior, abide with us, and spread
your table in our heart.
5 There sup with us in love divine;
your body and your blood,
that living bread, that heav'nly wine,
be our immortal food.
Topics: Abiding in Christ; Christ Shepherd Used With Tune: ST. AGNES
Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and Bless
The Glory of These Forty Days
Author: Maurice F. Bell, 1862-1947 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 35 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11 Lyrics: 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 , O God, that we may, too
Return in fast and prayer to you.
Our spirits strengthen with Your grace,
And give us joy to see Your face.
Topics: Lent Used With Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR Text Sources: Latin hymn, 11th century
The Glory of These Forty Days
Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us
Author: James Edmeston, 1791-1867 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 357 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11 First Line: Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us Topics: Dismissal; Forgiveness; Guidance; Lent (first Sunday); Trinity; Trust Used With Tune: MANNHEIM
Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us
O for a thousand tongues to sing
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,736 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 4:4 Lyrics: 1 O for a thousand tongues, to sing
my great Redeemer's praise,
the glories of my God and King,
the triumphs of his grace!
2 Jesus! the name that charms our fears,
and bids our sorrows cease;
'tis music in the sinner's ears,
'tis life, and health, and peace.
3 He breaks the power of cancelled sin,
he sets the prisoner free;
his blood can make the foulest clean,
his blood availed for me.
4 He speaks, and listening to his voice,
new life the dead receive,
the mournful, broken hearts rejoice,
the humble poor believe.
5 Hear him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb,
your loosened tongues employ;
ye blind, behold your Saviour come;
and leap, ye lame, for joy!
6 My gracious Master and my God,
assist me to proclaim,
to spread through all the earth abroad
the honours of thy name. Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Public Ministry Used With Tune: RICHMOND
O for a thousand tongues to sing
Songs of Thankfulness and Praise
Author: Christopher Wordsorth Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 127 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11 Refrain First Line: "You are Christ," by us confessed Lyrics: 1 Songs of thankfulness and praise,
Jesus, Lord, to you we raise,
manifested by the star
to the sages from afar;
branch of royal David’s stem,
in your birth at Bethlehem:
Refrain:
“You are Christ,” by us confessed–
God in flesh made manifest.
2 Manifest at Jordan’s stream,
Prophet, Priest, and King supreme;
and at Cana, wedding guest,
in your Godhead manifest,
you revealed your power divine,
changing water into wine, [Refrain]
3 Manifest in making whole
weakened body, fainting soul;
manifest in valiant fight,
quelling all the devil’s might;
manifest in gracious will,
ever bringing good from ill: [Refrain]
Topics: Biblical Names and Places Bethlehem; Biblical Names and Places David; Biblical Names and Places Jordan River; Church Year Epiphany; Church Year Baptism of Our Lord; Powers of Darkness; Jesus Christ Healer; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Jesus Christ Miracles; Music and Singing; Praise of Christ Used With Tune: SALZBURG
Songs of Thankfulness and Praise
Tree of Life
Author: Marty Haugen, b. 1950 Meter: 8.7.8.7.7 Appears in 14 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11 First Line: Tree of Life and awesome myst'ry Used With Tune: THOMAS
Tree of Life
When We Are Tested
Author: Ruth Duck Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11 First Line: When we are tested and wrestle alone Lyrics: 1 When we are tested and wrestle alone,
famished for bread when the world offers stone,
nourish us, God, by your word and your way,
food that sustains us by night and by day.
2 When in the desert we cry for relief,
pleading for paths marked by certain belief,
lift us to love you beyond sign and test,
trusting your presence, our only true rest.
3 When we are tempted to barter our souls,
trading the truth for the power to control,
teach us to worship and praise only you,
seeking your will in the work that we do.
4 When we have struggled and searched through the night,
sorting and sifting the wrong from the right,
Savior, surround us with circles of care,
angels of healing, of hope, and of prayer.
Topics: Guidance; Healing; Lament; Temptation; The Word; Trust Used With Tune: ANGELS OF HEALING
When We Are Tested
Mark how the Lamb of God, self-offering
Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. 1944) Meter: 9.8.9.8 D Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 4:1-2 Lyrics: 1 Mark how the Lamb of God, self-offering,
our human sinfulness takes on
there in the waters of the Jordan,
as Jesus is baptized by John.
Hear how the voice from heaven is saying,
'Lo, this is my belovèd Son.'
See how in dovelike form the Spirit
descends on God's Anointed One.
2 From this assurance of God's favour
Christ goes into the wilderness,
there to endure a time of testing,
preparing him to teach and bless.
So we, by water and the Spirit
baptized into Christ's ministry,
are often led to paths of service
through mazes of adversity.
3 Grant us, O God, the strength and courage
to live the faith our lips declare;
bless us in our baptismal calling;
Christ's royal priesthood help us share.
Turn us from every false allegiance,
that we may trust in Christ alone:
make of us now a chosen people
transformed by love to be your own. Topics: The Church Celebrates Holy Baptism; Christ Incarnate Public Ministry; Jesus baptism Used With Tune: PSALM 118 (RENDEZ A DIEU)
Mark how the Lamb of God, self-offering
Spirit, Working in Creation
Author: John Richards Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 4:1 Topics: Illumination; Pentecost and Holy Spirit; Holy Spirit; Illumination; Missions; Peace; Trinity; Word of God Used With Tune: SUNRISE
Spirit, Working in Creation
Led by the Spirit
Author: Bob Hurd, b. 1950 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 4:1-4 First Line: Led by the Spirit of our God Topics: Retreats; Rites of the Church Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Mystagogia; The Liturgical Year Ash Wednesday; The Liturgical Year Lent (Sundays and Weekdays) Used With Tune: KINGSFOLD
Led by the Spirit
Saviour, when in dust to Thee
Author: Sir Robert Grant Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 443 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11 Topics: The Christian Life Faith, Penitence and Confession Used With Tune: BLUMENTHAL
Saviour, when in dust to Thee
The People Who in Darkness Walked
Author: John Morrison Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 216 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 4:1-16 Lyrics: 1 The people who in darkness walked
Have seen a glorious light;
The heavenly dawn broke forth on those
Who dwelt in death and night,
Who dwelt in death and night.
2 To greet you, Sun of Righteousness,
The gath'ring nations come,
Rejoicing as when reapers bring
Their harvest treasures home,
Their harvest treasures home.
3 To us a promised child is born,
To us a Son is given;
And on his shoulders ever rests
All power in earth and heaven,
All power in earth and heaven.
4 His name shall be the Prince of Peace
Forevermore adored,
And on his shoulders ever rests
The Mighty God and Lord,
The Mighty God and Lord.
5 His peace and righteous government
Shall over all extend;
On judgment and on justice based,
His reign shall never end,
His reign shall never end. Topics: Christmas; Light Used With Tune: LOBT GOTT, IHR CHRISTEN
The People Who in Darkness Walked
Oh, Master, grant that I may never seek
Author: Sebastian Temple (1928-1997) Meter: Irregular Appears in 40 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 4:9-15 First Line: Make me a channel of your peace Topics: Life in Christ Our Response to Christ - In Discipleship; Compassion; Love for others; Peace Used With Tune: PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS (CHANNEL OF PEACE) Text Sources: Prayer of St. Francis
Oh, Master, grant that I may never seek
Blest Are They
Author: David Haas (b. 1957) Meter: Irregular Appears in 36 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 4:3-12 First Line: Blest are they, the poor in spirit Refrain First Line: Rejoice and be glad! Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Public Ministry; Jesus Teaching; Kingdom of God Used With Tune: [Blest are they, the poor in spirit]
Blest Are They
Put peace into each other's hands
Author: Fred Kaan (b. 1929) Appears in 19 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 4:9 Lyrics: 1 Put peace into each other's hands
and like a treasure hold it;
protect it like a candle flame,
with tenderness enfold it.
2 Put peace into each other's hands
with loving expectation;
be gentle in your words and ways,
in touch with God's creation.
3 Put peace into each other's hands,
like bread we break for sharing;
look people warmly in the eye:
our life is meant for caring.
4 And at communion, shape your hands
into a waiting cradle;
the gift of Christ, receive, revere,
united round the table.
5 Put Christ into each other's hands,
he is love's deepest measure;
in love make peace, give peace a chance
and share it like a treasure. Topics: The Church Celebrates Holy Communion; Peace Used With Tune: VRIEDE IN HANDEN
Put peace into each other's hands
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