Ancient and Modern ‎#652

652. Guide me, O thou great Redeemer

1 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,
feed me now and evermore.

2 Open now the crystal fountain
whence the healing stream doth flow;
let the fiery cloudy pillar
lead me all my journey through:
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 and praises
I will ever give to thee.

Text Information

• First Line: Guide me, O thou great Redeemer
• Welsh Title: Arglwydd, arwain trwy'r anialwch
• Author: William Williams (1717-1791)
• Translator: Peter Williams (1727-1796) (alt.)
• Meter: 87 87 47
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Exodus 16:1-4
  ;
  Numbers 9:15-23
  ;
  Joshua 3
• Topic: Children and All-Age Worship; Death and Bereavement; Guidance; Pilgrimage; Proper 12: Year B; Proper 13: Year A; Proper 20: Year A; Stages of Life; The Third Sunday of Lent: Year A; Water
• Notes: The last two lines of each verse are individually sung twice.

Tune Information

• Name: CWM RHONDDA
• Composer (descant): Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)
• Composer: John Hughes (1872-1914)
• Meter: 87 87 47
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Arrangement: © Malcolm Archer