The Christian — Guidance and Protection

Guide me, O thou great Jehovah

No. 773
Words William Williams.
Singing key D major
3 stanzas

Sung to SICILY (hymn 283)

Words

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,Feed me till I want no more.

Open now the crystal fountainWhence the healing waters flow;Let the fiery, cloudy pillar,Lead me all my journey through:Strong Deliverer,Be thou still my strength and shield.

When I tread the verge of Jordan,Bid my anxious fears subside;Bear me through the swelling current,Land me safe on Canaan's side:Songs of praisesI will ever give to thee.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «773» (large) in the left column of p. 252, under «Anon.» of hymn 772, with the italic reference line «283, 903.» beside it (= sing to the tunes of hymns 283 or 903 — SICILY and NEANDER, both 8s & 7s. 6l.); stanza 1 and the first three lines of stanza 2 stand at the foot of the left column, the rest of stanza 2 and stanza 3 at the top of the right column; «William Williams.» in italics, right-aligned, after stanza 3. Stanzas numbered «1»–«3» (written «1.»–«3.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); a small raised dot stands between «1» and «GUIDE» («1 .GUIDE») — a stray mark, not transcribed. The first word «GUIDE» is set in capitals and small capitals (written «Guide» here). Lines 2, 4 and 6 of each stanza are indented, line 5 («Bread of heaven,», «Strong Deliverer,», «Songs of praises») more. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «:» («land :», «mighty ;», «hand :», «flow ;», «through :», «subside ;», «side :»); it is closed up here. The printer's curly apostrophe is written straight («Canaan's»). No meter is printed (the text is 8s & 7s. 6l., 8.7.8.7.4.7, like the two reference tunes). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.