GUIDE ME O THOU GREAT REDEEMER
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.
trans. Peter Williams (1723-1796)
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GUIDE ME O THOU GREAT REDEEMER
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.
trans. Peter Williams (1723-1796)
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GUIDE ME O THOU GREAT REDEEMER
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.
trans. Peter Williams (1723-1796)
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GUIDE ME O THOU GREAT REDEEMER
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.
trans. Peter Williams (1723-1796)
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GUIDE ME O THOU GREAT REDEEMER
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!
trans. Peter Williams (1723-1796)
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