The Hymns of Ann Griffiths, of Dolwar Fechan, Translated into English VerseGriffiths, Ann
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The Hymns of Ann Griffiths, of Dolwar Fechan, Translated into English Verse
Griffiths, Ann
Hymns, Welsh -- Translations into English
“Gwlad dda heb wae, gwlad wedi ei rhoi dan sêl,”
A land of Holiness, a Sabbath rest,
A land with more than milk and honey blest,
A land of everlasting Bread and Wine,—
A land where Jesus bids us “come and dine,”—
O! may that happy land be thine and mine!
HYMN XX.
“_A new and living way_” HEB. x, 20.
“Ffordd â’i henw yn “Rhyfeddol””
YESTERDAY, to-day, and ever,—
Liable to no decay,—
Wonderful above all other
Is the new and living way:
Stained, regained and consecrated
By My Blessed Saviour’s Blood,
It conducts the lone, belated
Pilgrim to the throne of God.
Though it mean regeneration,
Rest, imputed righteousness,
Liberty, justification,
And eternal happiness,
Multitudes, preferring midnight,
Wander witlessly astray,
Even though the shining sunlight
Shew this new and living way.
Preordained before creation
Rose—in Eve, the woman’s seed,—
It was man’s one consolation
In his night of utmost need—
Primitively preconcerted
By The Blessed Trinity.—
Never may I be perverted,
O My God, from it and Thee!
HYMN XXI.
“_Behold_, _I have set before thee a door opened_, _which none can
shut_” REV. iii, 8.
“O’m blaen mi welaf ddrws agored,”
STRAIT, yet open wide before me,
Stands a door by which the blest,
Through The Blood of My Redeemer,
Enter into endless rest.
From the devil and his angels
Jesus died to rescue me,
Crucified in shame and anguish
On the tree of Calvary.
O for grace to be submissive
And attentive to His Word,—
Grace to cast the galling burden
Of the past upon The Lord,—
Grace to pay my vows whenever
I have vowed unto The Lord,—
Grace to sway the sword of safety,
Ever His Eternal Word!
Human life, in all its stages,
Meets with many enemies,
Satan’s evil emissaries
Compassing about like bees,
Some within my mind are tempting
My dull soul to doubt My God;
Help me, Gracious Lord, to rout them,
Trusting to Thy Precious Blood.
To a sorrow stricken sinner
It is comforting to read
That My God is My Redeemer
Ever nigh in time of need.
When the veil is rent asunder,
Oh! how blessed will it be
To behold The Same Redeemer
Still My Own eternally.
HYMN XXII.
“_Oh that mine head were waters_, _and mine eyes a fountain of
tears_” JER. lx. 1.
“O! na bai fy mhen yn ddyfroedd”
WOULD that my poor head were waters
That I might not cease to weep
Over Sion’s sons and daughters,
Wrapt in waywardness and sleep!
Foxes, the vineyard thieving,
Are destroying all the bloom,
And the bright Sheckinah, leaving
Sion, leaves her to her doom.
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