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| 78 | 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 | 80 |
| Text: | Forty days and forty nights |
| Author: | Rev. G. H. Smyttan |
| Tune: | [Forty days and forty nights] |
| Composer: | M. Hernlein |
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 |
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