Consecration
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
- Words:
- William Williams, 1745. Translated by Peter Williams, 1771.
- Music:
- 'Cwm Rhondda' John Hughes, 1907.
- Setting:
- "The Methodist Hymnbook" (UK), 1933.
- Metre:
- 8 7 8 7 8 7 7
- 1Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,Pilgrim through this barren land.I am weak, but Thou art mighty;Hold me with Thy pow'rful hand.Bread of Heaven, Bread of Heaven,Feed me till I want no more;Feed me till I want no more.
- 2Open now the crystal fountain,Whence the healing stream doth flow;Let the fire and cloudy pillarLead me all my journey through.Strong Deliv'rer, strong Deliv'rer,Be Thou still my Strength and Shield;Be Thou still my Strength and Shield.
- 3Lord, 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.
- 4When 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.
- 5Musing 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!
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Topics
- Anticipation
- Atonement
- Bread (of Life/Daily Bread)
- Cloud
- Discipleship
- Eternal Life
- Fire
- Following Jesus, Sanctification
- God, Care of
- God, Goodness of
- God, Majesty & Power of
- Guidance
- Heaven
- Invitation (Faithful's to God)
- Leadership
- Presence
- Salvation
- Submission (see also Following Jesus, God - Providence of, Trust)
- Trust
- Worship
In the hymnals
- The words are in 1,999 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Cwm Rhondda, is in 419 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.