Author: George Hunt Smyttan (1822-1870); Francis Pott (1832-1909) Hymnal: Ancient and Modern #121 (2013) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Hymnal Title: Ancient and Modern Lyrics: 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 dewdrops 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 the eternal Eastertide. Topics: Angels; Ash Wednesday; Church Year Lent; Jesus Life and Ministry; Jesus temptations; Lent; Temptation; The First Sunday of Lent Year A; The First Sunday of Lent Year B; The First Sunday of Lent Year C Scripture: Luke 4:1-13 Languages: English Tune Title: AUS DER TIEFE (HEINLEIN)
Forty days and forty nights