The Church Hymnal ‎#80

80. Forty days and forty nights

1 Forty days and forty nights
Thou wast fasting in the wild;
Forty days and forty nights
Tempted, and yet undefiled.

2 Shall not we Thy sorrow share,
And from earthly joys abstain,
Fasting with inceasing prayer,
Glad with Thee to suffer pain?

3 And if Satan, vexing sore,
Flesh or spirit should assail,
Thou, his Vanquisher before,
Grant we may not faint or fail.

4 So shall we have peace divine:
Holier gladness ours shall be;
Round us, too, shall angels shine,
Such as ministered to Thee.

5 Keep, O keep us, Saviour dear,
Ever constant by Thy side;
That with Thee we may appear
At the eternal Easter-tide.

Text Information

• First Line: Forty days and forty nights
• Author: G. H. Smyttan
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1920
• Topic: Lent
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: HEINLEIN
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.
• Key: d minor or modal
• Source: Nürnberg Hymn Book
• Notes: Public Domain.