Lord, who throughout these forty days

This is my 21st upload (for Wednesday) in the Lenten Hymn-of-the-Day Project.

This is a well-known hymn, that surely must be in almost every hymnal.

The words are by Claudia Frances Hernaman (1838-1898).

The tune is "St. Flavian", the melody of which comes from "Day's Psalter", 1562, and it was adapted and harmonized by Richard Redhead (1820-1901), who was organist of All Saint's Church, Margaret Street in London.

There is ONE FULL VERSE for the INTRODUCTION.

Lord, who throughout these forty days
For us didst fast and pray,
Teach us with thee to mourn our sins
And close by thee to stay.

As thou with Satan didst contend,
And didst the victory win,
O give us strength in thee to fight,
In thee to conquer sin.

As thou didst hunger bear and thirst,
So teach us, gracious Lord,
To die to self, and chiefly live
By thy most holy Word.

And through these days of penitence,
And through thy Passiontide,
Yea, evermore, in life and death,
Jesus! with us abide.

Abide with us, that so, this life
Of suffering overpast,
An Easter of unending joy
We may attain at last.