The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 ‎#79

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

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Forty days and forty nights
• Title: Forty days and forty nights
• Author: Rev. G. H. Smyttan (1856)
• Meter: 7 S.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1892
• Notes: Tune name in index: HEINLEIN

Tune Information

• Name: [Forty days and forty nights]
• Composer: M. Hernlein
• Meter: 7 S.
• Key: d minor