"By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud…and by night in a pillar of fire." Exodus 13:21
Words: William Williams, Halleluiah (Bristol, England: 1745). Translated from Welsh to English by Peter Williams, Hymns on Various Subjects (Carmarthen, Wales: 1771); Williams published another English translation in Lady Huntingdon's Collection, circa 1772.
Music: "Cwm Rhondda," John Hughes, 1907
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"Zion," Thomas Hastings, 1830
This hymn was sung, in Welsh, in the 1941 Academy Award winning movie "How Green Was My Valley." It was sung in English at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, in Westminster Abbey, London, September 6, 1997.