I love this hymn! I just learned today that it was written by William Williams, nicknamed “the Welsh Charles Wesley.” Not hard to see the resemblance.
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah–courtesy of the Hymn Club.
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Welsh Hymn, ‘Hyfrydol’
Hyfrydol has been a favorite of mine ever since Sunday school. There are several sets of English lyrics written for it, but here it is in its original Welsh, sung by the Black Mountain Choir. I don’t understand a single word of it–but I don’t think I have to. The hymn speaks to me anyway! Turn up the volume, and imagine yourself standing somewhere on the mountain in the picture…
‘Bread of Heaven’ (Welsh Choir)
Nobody sings this classic Welsh hymn like a Welsh choir: Bread of Heaven, also known as Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah. Turn up the volume and join in!
If you’re new here, we like to start every day with a hymn or worship song, and I love to take requests. So if you have a favorite hymn you’d like to see posted here, and share with others, just let us know.
‘Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer’
A full orchestra, full choir, and the Royal Albert Hall packed with singers–and the traditional Welsh hymn, Cwm Rhondda, here rendered into English as Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer… Really, if this doesn’t stir your soul, ask someone to hold a mirror under your nose and see if you fog it.
‘Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah’
This hymn was in my head a lot last night–Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah (Welsh melody, Cwm Rhondda). This rendition is by the Morriston Orpheus Choir.
‘A Pure Heart’ (‘Calon Lan’)
This soothing, lovely Welsh hymn, Calon Lan (“Pure Heart”), is sung by Cerys Matthews. The photos are of locations in West Wales.
You don’t have to understand the language to know that God is in this hymn: that God is nigh. Right there where we need Him.
Sing It! ‘Love Divine’
I wasn’t able to find the name of this great Welsh choir, nor the site of this performance–but we don’t really need anything more than just to hear it. This is Love Divine (Welsh: Carau Unedig), and it proclaims the Lordship of Jesus Christ and the sovereignty of God the Father.
‘Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer’
Turn up the volume! You don’t have to be Welsh to love this hymn, and feel it stir your soul–Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer.
You may also know it as Bread of Heaven. In my church’s old hymnal, it had its Welsh title, Cwn Rhondda, which confused me for many years.
Ancient Churches, Mighty Choir, ‘Bread of Heaven’
Let me take a break from watching my world being slowly murdered by its leaders and its wise men, and turn to an old Welsh hymn that has already outlasted many sins and follies: Bread of Heaven.
“Be thou still my strength and shield.” Amen! Amen!
A Hymn to Soothe the Soul
This is the classic Welsh hymn, Hyfrydol, performed with Scottish bagpipes, modern organ, in a church in Kentucky. It’s one of my very favorite hymns.
Sure is an awful lot of evil and distressing national news today, ain’t it? But I shall try to follow the example of Judah the Maccabee, who, although engaged in a life-and-death struggle for his country and his faith, would not fight a battle on the Sabbath day, unless he was attacked: this was how he proclaimed the sovereignty of God. No, I will not write up the news today.
Sit back and let the hymn wash over you. God is in the midst of us. He has not forgotten us, and He hears us when we cry to Him.