Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah

Text by William Williams

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About this hymn

Date: 1745
Tune: Cwm Rhondda
Composer: John Hughes
Key: G
Meter: 8 7 8 7 8 7 7

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Anticipation, Atonement, Bread (of Life/Daily Bread), Cloud, Discipleship, Eternal Life.

Ex 15:13 · Ex 13:21-22 · Jn 6:32-35 · Jn 4:14

Musical background

Cwm Rhondda is presented in the source key of G, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: William Williams, 1745. Translated by Peter Williams, 1771. Music: 'Cwm Rhondda' John Hughes, 1907. Setting: "The Methodist Hymnbook" (UK), 1933. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2007 Revision.