2640 By Precepts Taught of Ages Past
1
By precepts taught of ages past,
Now let us keep again the fast,
Which, year by year, in order meet
Of forty days is made complete.
2
The law and seers that were of old
In divers ways this Lent foretold,
Which Christ Himself, the Lord and Guide
Of every season, sanctified.
3
More sparing therefore let us make
The words we speak, the food we take,
Deny ourselves in mirth and sleep,
In stricter watch our senses keep.
4
In prayer together let us fall,
And cry for mercy, one and all;
And weep before the Judge, and say,
O turn from us Thy wrath away.
5
Thy grace have we offended sore
By sins, O God, which we deplore;
Pour down upon us from above
The riches of Thy pardoning love.
6
Remember, Lord, though frail we be,
That yet Thine handiwork are we:
Nor let the honor of Thy Name
Be by another put to shame.
7
Forgive the ill that we have wrought,
Increase the good that we have sought;
That we at length, our wanderings o’er,
May please Thee now and evermore.
8
Blest Three in One, and One in Three,
Almighty God, we pray to Thee,
That Thou wouldst now vouchsafe to bless
Our fast with fruits of righteousness.

Temukan kidung nyanyian lainnya dari EN (English Hymns)

2641 Good It Is to Keep the Fast
2642 Once More the Solemn Season Calls
2643 Rejoice, O Land, in God Thy Might
2644 Don’t Lose the Vision
2645 Holy Ghost, with Light Divine
2646 Joy! Because the Circling Year
2647 Winter Reigns o’er Many a Region
2648 Prepare to Meet Thy God
2649 Jonah
2650 Jonah and the Whale
2651 Power for Service
2652 God of the Strong, God of the Weak
2653 Higher Ground
2654 Earth Has Many a Noble City
2655 God’s Dear Son Without Beginning
2656 He Is Born
2657 How Great Our Joy
2658 I May Not Go Tonight to Bethlehem
2659 O Little Town of Bethlehem
2660 Once in Bethlehem of Judah
2661 To Us a Child of Royal Birth
2662 Wonderful Peace (Lillenas)
2663 One Cup of Healing Oil and Wine
2664 O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee
2665 How Cheering Is the Christian’s Hope