CPWI Hymnal ‎#114

114. 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 Sunbeams scorching all the day;
chilly dew-drops nightly shed;
prowling beasts about thy way;
stones thy pillow; earth thy bed.

3 Shall not we thy sorrows share,
and from earthly joys abstain,
fasting with unceasing prayer,
glad with thee to suffer pain?

4 And if Satan, vexing sore,
flesh or spirit should assail,
thou, his Vanquisher before,
grant we may not faint nor fail.

5 So shall we have peace divine;
holier gladness ours shall be:
round us too shall angels shine,
such as ministered to thee.

6 Keep, O keep us, Saviour dear,
ever constant by thy side;
that with thee we may appear
at th'eternal Eastertide.

Text Information

• First Line: Forty days and forty nights
• Author: Francis Pott, 1832-1909
• Author: George Hunt Smyttan, 1822-1870
• Meter: 7.7.7.7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Scripture:
  Matthew 4:1-2
  ;
  Mark 1:12-13
• Topic: Hymns for the Church Year: Lent

Tune Information

• Name: HEINLEIN (AUS DER TIEE RUFE ICH)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7
• Key: d minor
• Source: Gesangbuch, Nuremberg, 1676