Classic Hymns and Their Stories
Puzzle 68 · Songs for the Church Year · Page 96 in print
Lenten Hymnody
The English Hymnal credits “Forty Days and Forty Nights” to both George Hunt Smyttan and Francis Pott.
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The words
Abstinence
The restraint described by these hymns.
Daniel
The biblical figure whose discipline the hymn recalls.
Discipline
The training connected with inward restraint.
Elijah
Another fasting figure in hymn 68.
Francis Pott
The second writer credited for that hymn.
Heermann
Johann Heermann, author of the Passion hymn.
Lent
The season named in the hymnal heading.
Midian
The biblical enemy used as a spiritual battle image.
Moses
The biblical figure named in hymn 68.
Nahum Tate
One writer credited for the nearby Psalm 51 paraphrase.
Nicholas Brady
The other writer credited for that psalm paraphrase.
Penitence
The repentance sought through that restraint.
Self-Control
The inward discipline requested in hymn 66.
Smyttan
George Hunt Smyttan, writer credited for the forty-days hymn.
Vigil
The watchful practice mentioned in Neale’s hymn.