{"id":5010,"date":"2013-03-11T22:30:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T05:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=5010"},"modified":"2013-03-12T17:27:34","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T00:27:34","slug":"lent-2013-guide-me-o-thou-great-redeemer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=5010","title":{"rendered":"Lent 2013: “Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This particular hymn is also known as “Guide me, O thou great Jehovah” but as Jehovah isn’t an actual word, a number of hymnals have it as “Guide me, O thou great redeemer” instead. It’s the hymn that most think of when they think of Wales (at least in my experience) and Net Hymnal<\/a> has the words in Welsh.<\/p>\n

Guide me, O Thou great Redeemer
\nPilgrim through this barren land.
\nI am weak, but Thou art mighty;
\nHold me with Thy powerful hand.
\nBread of Heaven, Bread of Heaven,
\nFeed me till I want no more;
\nFeed me till I want no more.<\/p>\n

Open now the crystal fountain,
\nWhence the healing stream doth flow;
\nLet the fire and cloudy pillar
\nLead me all my journey through.
\nStrong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,
\nBe Thou still my Strength and Shield;
\nBe Thou still my Strength and Shield.<\/p>\n

Lord, I trust Thy mighty power,
\nWondrous are Thy works of old;
\nThou deliver??st Thine from thralldom,
\nWho for naught themselves had sold:
\nThou didst conquer, Thou didst conquer,
\nSin, and Satan and the grave,
\nSin, and Satan and the grave.<\/p>\n

When I tread the verge of Jordan,
\nBid my anxious fears subside;
\nDeath of deaths, and hell??s destruction,
\nLand me safe on Canaan??s side.
\nSongs of praises, songs of praises,
\nI will ever give to Thee;
\nI will ever give to Thee.<\/p>\n

Musing on my habitation,
\nMusing on my heav??nly home,
\nFills my soul with holy longings:
\nCome, my Jesus, quickly come;
\nVanity is all I see;
\nLord, I long to be with Thee!
\nLord, I long to be with Thee!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The tune is “Cwm Rhondda” and I’m borrowing the video that Unapologetically Episcopalian<\/a> posted earlier.<\/p>\n