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Guide me, O thou great Jehovah
Author: William Williams (1717-1791); Peter Williams (1722-1796) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Appears in 1,824 hymnals Scripture: Joshua 3:7-17 Lyrics: 1 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,
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 my want is o'er.
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.
3 When I tread the verge of Jordan,
bid my anxious fears subside!
Death of death, and hell's destruction,
land me safe on Canaan's side!
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to thee.
Topics: The Activity of God God in human experience; The Church Celebrates Death and Grieving; Death and Bereavement; Heaven; Jesus Names and images for; Pilgrimage; Providence Used With Tune: CWM RHONDDA
Guide me, O thou great Jehovah
Let Saints on Earth in Concert Sing
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 175 hymnals Scripture: Joshua 3:14-17 Lyrics: 1 Let saints below in concert sing
With those whose work is done;
For all the servants of our King
In heav'n and earth are one.
2 One family we dwell in him,
One Church, above, beneath,
Though now divided by the stream,
The narrow stream of death.
3 One army of the living God,
To his command we bow;
Part of the host have crossed the flood,
And part are crossing now.
4 E'en now by faith we join our hands
With those that went before,
And greet the everliving bands
On the eternal shore.
5 Jesus, be now our constant guide;
Then, when the word is given,
Bid Jordan's narrow stream divide,
And bring us safe to heaven. Topics: All Souls (November 2); Funeral; Communion of Saints; Death; Eternal Life; Heaven Used With Tune: DUNDEE
Let Saints on Earth in Concert Sing
"Go over this Jordan"
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 1,402 hymnals Scripture: Joshua 3:17 First Line: There is a land of pure delight Lyrics: 1 There is a land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign;
Infinite day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain.
There everlasting spring abides,
And never-withering flowers;
Death, like a narrow sea, divides
This heavenly land from ours.
2 Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood
Stand dressed in living green;
So to the Jews old Canaan stood,
While Jordan rolled between.
But timorous mortals start and shrink
To cross this narrow sea;
And linger, shivering on the brink,
And fear to launch away.
3 Oh, could we make our doubts remove,
These gloomy doubts that rise,
And see the Canaan that we love
With unbeclouded eyes:--
Could we but climb where Moses stood,
And view the landscape o'er,
Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood,
Should fright us from the shore. Topics: Autumn Used With Tune: VARINA
"Go over this Jordan"
CWM RHONDDA
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Appears in 306 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Hughes, of Pontypridd (1873-1932) Scripture: Joshua 3:7-17 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 56511 71232 31643 Used With Text: Guide me, O thou great Jehovah
CWM RHONDDA
Guide Me, O My Great Redeemer (Oh Pastor divino escucha)
Author: William Williams, 1717-1791; Peter Williams, 1723-1796; William Williams, 1717-1791; Anonymous Hymnal: Santo, Santo, Santo #51 (2019) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Scripture: Joshua 3:8-17 First Line: Guide me, O my great Redeemer (¡Oh Pastor divino! Escucha) Lyrics: 1 Guide me, O my great Redeemer,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but you are mighty;
Hold me with your pow'rful hand.
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven,
Feed me now and evermore,
Feed me now and evermore.
2 Open now the crystal fountain,
Where the healing waters flow.
Let the fire and cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through.
Strong Deliv'rer, strong Deliv'rer,
Ever be my strength and shield,
Ever be my strength and shield.
3 When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside.
Death of death, and hell's destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan's side.
Songs of praises, songs of praises
I will ever sing to you,
I will ever sing to you.
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1 ¡Oh Pastor divino! Escucha
de tu pueblo el orar;
como overjas, congregados,
te venimos a buscar.
Cristo, llega, Cristo, llega
tu rebaño a apacentar,
tu rebaño a apacentar.
2 Guía al triste y fatigado
al aprisco del Señor.
Cría al tierno corderito a tu lado, buen Pastor,
con los pastos, con los pastos
de celeste y dulce amor,
de celeste y dulce amor.
3 ¡Oh Jesús!, escucha el ruego
y esta humilde petición!
Ven a henchir a tu rebaño
de sincera devoción.
Cantaremos, cantaremos
tu benigna protección,
tu benigna protección. Topics: Covenant; Pacto; Guía; Guidance; Oracion; Prayer; Providence; Providencia Languages: English; Spanish Tune Title: CWM RHONDDA
Guide Me, O My Great Redeemer (Oh Pastor divino escucha)
Guide me, O thou great Jehovah
Author: William Williams (1717-1791); Peter Williams (1722-1796) Hymnal: Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #167 (2005) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Scripture: Joshua 3:7-17 Lyrics: 1 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,
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 my want is o'er.
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.
3 When I tread the verge of Jordan,
bid my anxious fears subside!
Death of death, and hell's destruction,
land me safe on Canaan's side!
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to thee.
Topics: The Activity of God God in human experience; The Church Celebrates Death and Grieving; Death and Bereavement; Heaven; Jesus Names and images for; Pilgrimage; Providence Languages: English Tune Title: CWM RHONDDA
Guide me, O thou great Jehovah
Guide me, O thou great Jehovah
Author: Peter Williams (1722-1796); William Williams (1717-1791) Hymnal: Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #167 (2008) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Scripture: Joshua 3:7-17 Lyrics: 1 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,
pilgrim though 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 my want is o'er.
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.
3 When I tread the verge of Jordan,
bid my anxious fears subside!
Death of death, and hell's destruction,
land me safe on Canaan's side!
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to thee.
Topics: The Activity of God God in human experience; The Church Celebrates Death and Grieving; Death and Bereavement; Heaven; Jesus Names and images for; Pilgrimage; Providence Languages: English Tune Title: CWM RHONDDA
Guide me, O thou great Jehovah
William Williams
1717 - 1791 Person Name: William Williams (1717-1791) Scripture: Joshua 3:7-17 Author of "Guide me, O thou great Jehovah" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) William Williams, called the "Watts of Wales," was born in 1717, at Cefn-y-coed, near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire. He originally studied medicine, but abandoned it for theology. He was ordained Deacon in the Church of England, but was refused Priest's Orders, and subsequently attached himself to the Calvinistic Methodists. For half a century he travelled in Wales, preaching the Gospel. He died in 1791. Williams composed his hymns chiefly in the Welsh language; they are still largely used by various religious bodies in the principality. Many of his hymns have appeared in English, and have been collected and published by Sedgwick. His two principal poetical works are "Hosannah to the Son of David," and "Gloria in Excelsis."
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.
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Williams, William, of Pantycelyn, was the Sweet Singer of Wales. He was born at Cefn-y-Coed, in the Parish of Llanfair-y-bryn, near Llandovery, in 1717. He was ordained a deacon of the Established Church in 1740, by Dr. Claget, Bishop of St. Davids, and for three years he served the Curacies of Llan-wrtyd and Llanddewi-Abergwesyn. He never received Priest's Orders. He became early acquainted with the revivalist Daniel Rowlands, and for thirty-five years he preached once a month at Llanllian and Caio and Llansawel, besides the preaching journeys he took in North and South Wales. He was held in great esteem as a preacher. In 1744 his first book of hymns appeared under the title of Halleluiah, and soon ran through three editions. In1762, he published another book under the title of Y Môr o Wydr, which soon went through five editions. His son John published an excellent edition of his hymns in the year 181lines In addition to his Welsh hymns Williams also published several in English as:—
(1.) Hosannah to the Son of David; or, Hymns of Praise to God, For our glorious Redemption by Christ. Some few translated from the Welsh Hymn-Book, but mostly composed on new Subjects. By William Williams. Bristol: Printed by John Grabham, in Narrow-Wine Street, 1759. This contains 51 hymns of which 11 are translated from his Welsh hymns. This little book was reprinted by D. Sedgwick in 1859.
(2.) Gloria in Excelsis: or, Hymns of Praise to God and the Lamb. By W. Williams . . . Carmarthen. Printed for the Author by John Ross, removed to Priory Street, near the Church, M.DCC.LXXI. This contains 70 hymns, not including parts.
From these volumes the following hymns are in common use:—
i. From the Hosannah, 1759:—
1. Jesus, my Saviour is enough. Jesus, All in All.
2. My God, my God, Who art my all. Communion with God desired.
3. The enormous load of human guilt. God's love unspeakable.
ii. From the Gloria in Excelsis, 1772.
4. Awake, my soul, and rise. Passiontide.
5. Beneath Thy Cross I lay me down. Passiontide.
6. Hark! the voice of my Beloved. The Voice of Jesus.
7. Jesus, lead us with Thy power. Divine Guidance Desired. Sometimes given as "Father, lead us with Thy power."
8. Jesus, Whose Almighty sceptre. Jesus as King.
9. Saviour, look on Thy beloved. The Help of Jesus desired.
10. White and ruddy is my Beloved. Beauties of Jesus.
Williams is most widely known through his two hymns, "Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah," and "O'er those gloomy hills of darkness." Williams died at Pantycelyn, Jan. 11, 1791. [Rev. W. Glanffrwd Thomas]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Peter Williams
1723 - 1796 Person Name: Peter Williams (1722-1796) Scripture: Joshua 3:7-17 Translator of "Guide me, O thou great Jehovah" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) Peter Williams (b. Llansadurnin, Carmarthanshire, Wales, 1722; d. Llandyfeilog, Wales, 1796) was converted to Christianity by the preaching of George Whitefield and was ordained in the Church of England in 1744. His evangelical convictions soon made him suspect, however, and he left the state church to join the Calvinist Methodists in 1746. He served as an itinerant preacher for many years and was a primary figure in the Welsh revival of the eighteenth century. After being expelled by the Methodists in 1791 on a charge of heresy, he ministered in his own chapel during the last years of his life. He published the first Welsh Bible commentary (1767-1770) and a Bible concordance (1773); he was also one of the annotators for John Canne's Welsh Bible (1790). In addition Williams published a Welsh hymnal, Rhai Hymnau ac Odlau Ysbrydol (1759), as well as Hymns on Various Subjects (1771).
Bert Polman
Peter Williams
John Hughes
1873 - 1932 Person Name: John Hughes, of Pontypridd (1873-1932) Scripture: Joshua 3:7-17 Composer of "CWM RHONDDA" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) John Hughes (b. Dowlais, Glamorganshire, Wales, 1873; d. Llantwit Fardre, Wales, 1932) received little formal education; at age twelve he was already working as a doorboy at a local mining company in Llantwit Fardre. He eventually became an official in the traffic department of the Great Western Railway. Much of his energy was devoted to the Salem Baptist Church in Pontypridd, where he served as both deacon and precentor. Hughes composed two anthems, a number of Sunday school marches, and a few hymn tunes, of which CWM RHONDDA is universally known, the tune was composed in 1905 Baptist Cymanfa Ganu (song festival) in Capel Rhondda, Pontypridd, Wales.
Bert Polman
John Hughes
