Journeysongs (3rd ed.) ‎#350

350. Forty Days and Forty Nights

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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 th'eternal Eastertide.

Text Information

• First Line: Forty days and forty nights
• Title: Forty Days and Forty Nights
• Author: George H. Smyttan, 1822-1879 (alt.)
• Meter: 77 77
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2012
• Scripture:
  Luke 4:1-13
  ;
  Matthew 4:1-11
  ;
  Hebrews 2:18
• Topic: The Liturgical Year: Ash Wednesday; The Liturgical Year: Lent (Sundays and Weekdays)

Tune Information

• Name: HEINLEIN
• Composer (attributed to): Martin Herbst, 1654-1681 (alt.)
• Arranger: William H. Monk, 1823-1889
• Meter: 77 77
• Key: F Major or modal