The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2070

2070. Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah

1. Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,
[or Guide me, O Thou great Redeemer…]
Pilgrim through this barren land.
I am weak, but Thou art mighty;
Hold me with Thy powerful hand.
Bread of Heaven, Bread of Heaven,
Feed me till I want no more;
Feed me till I want no more.

2. Open now the crystal fountain,
Whence the healing stream doth flow;
Let the fire and cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through.
Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,
Be Thou still my Strength and Shield;
Be Thou still my Strength and Shield.

3. Lord, I trust Thy mighty power,
Wondrous are Thy works of old;
Thou deliver’st Thine from thralldom,
Who for naught themselves had sold:
Thou didst conquer, Thou didst conquer,
Sin, and Satan and the grave,
Sin, and Satan and the grave.

4. When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Death of deaths, and hell’s destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan’s side.
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to Thee;
I will ever give to Thee.

5. Musing on my habitation,
Musing on my heav’nly home,
Fills my soul with holy longings:
Come, my Jesus, quickly come;
Vanity is all I see;
Lord, I long to be with Thee!
Lord, I long to be with Thee!

Text Information

• First Line: Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah
• Title: Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
• Welsh Title: Arglwydd, arwain trwy'r anialwch
• Author: William Williams (1745)
• Translator (from Welsh): Peter Williams
• Language: English
• Source: Halleluiah (Bristol, England: 1745); Hymns on Various Subjects (Carmarthen, Wales: 1771)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Williams published another English translation in Lady Huntingdon's Collection, circa 1772. This hymn was sung at the wedding of Britain's Prince William & Catherine Middleton in Westminster Abbey, London, April 29, 2011. Alternate tunes (some use slightly different endings to the lyrics): GUIDE ME, George W. Warren 1884; OLIPHANT, arranged from Pierre M. F. de S. Baillot, 1830, by Lowell Mason, 1832; PILGRIMAGE, George J. Elvey, 1861; SEGUR, Joseph P. Holbrook, 1862 TURNER, Walter O. Wilkinson, 1895; ZION, Thomas Hastings, 1830

Tune Information

• Name: CWM RHONDDA
• Composer: John Hughes (1907)
• Incipit: 56517 12323 16432
• Key: A Major
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Hughes wrote this tune in Ton­teg (near Pon­ty­pridd), Wales, to com­mem­o­rate a mu­sic fest­iv­al held in near­by Ca­pel Rhon­dda, Hop­kins­town. It was first per­formed No­vem­ber 1 that year to Welsh words by Ann Grif­fiths; in the ear­ly days it was simp­ly known as RHONDDA, but with­in a year he changed the name to CWM RHONDDA, used Pe­ter Will­iams’ trans­la­tion, and the rest is his­to­ry.