Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah, [or Redeemer]
. Bread of Heaven, Bread of Heaven,. Songs of praises, songs of praises,. Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,. Thou didst conquer, Thou didst conquer,. Lord, I long to be with Thee. Lord, I trust Thy mighty power,. Lord, I long to be with Thee. Death of deaths, and hell’s destruction,. Sin, and Satan and the grave,. I will ever give to Thee.
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A leading figure in the Welsh Methodist Revival of the 18th century, these days he is perhaps best remembered as the man who wrote the favourite hymn of all Welsh rugby supporters, Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah. Wherever he went he created dozens of local Methodist fellowships, right across the country, so that his supporters could continue to meet and worship together after he had moved on. Despite being a great preacher and organiser, it is as a hymn... William Williams remains one of the great religious figures of Wales. William Williams, with his wonderful poetry and lyrical verses, also helped the Welsh language to remain strong, develop and grow. Unable to make a living as a priest, William Williams became an itinerant preacher, travelling hundreds of miles around Wales, usually giving his sermons in the open air - something else that was frowned upon by church authorities. At the end of the 18th century, with the deaths of the three great Methodist leaders in Wales, the intense fervour of the Methodist Revival began to slowly slip away. Williams was the son of John Williams, a farmer who worked the land around Pantycelyn farm outside Llandovery in Carmarthenshire. Methodists never intended to break away from the Church of England, the purpose of the movement being to revive Christianity and worship within the church and to give it new impetus.
