Good It Is to Keep the Fast

Good it is to keep the fast

Shadowed forth in ag­es past

Which our own al­migh­ty Lord

Hallowed by His deed and Word.

Moses

while he fast­ed

saw

God who gave by him the law;

To Eli­jah an­gels came

Steeds of fire and car of flame.

So was Da­ni­el meet to gaze

On the sight of lat­ter days

And the Bap­tist to pro­claim

Blessings through the Bride­groom’s name.

Grant us

Lord

like them to be

Oft in pray­er and fast with Thee;

Fill us with Thy heav­en­ly might

Be our joy and true de­light.

Father

hear us through Thy Son

And the Spir­it

with Thee One

Whom our thank­ful hearts ad­ore

Ever and for­ev­er­more.