1 Baptized into your name most holy,
O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
I claim a place, though weak and lowly,
among your seed, your chosen host.
Buried with Christ and dead to sin,
your Spirit now shall live within.
2 My loving Father, there you took me
to be henceforth your child and heir.
My faithful Savior, there you let me
the fruit of all your sorrows share.
O Holy Spirit, comfort me
when threat'ning clouds around I see.
3 My faithful God, you fail me never;
your promise surely will endure.
O cast me not away forever
if words and deeds become impure.
Have mercy when I come defiled;
forgive, lift up, restore your child.
4 All that I am and love most dearly—
receive it all, O Lord, from me.
Let me confess my faith sincerely;
help me your faithful child to be!
Let nothing that I am or own
serve any will but yours alone.
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First Line: | Baptized into your name most holy |
Title: | Baptized into Your Name Most Holy |
Author: | Johann J. Rambach, 1693-1735 (abr.) |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 (alt.) |
Meter: | 98 98 98 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2021 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Baptismal Life |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | O DASS ICH TAUSEND ZUNGEN HÄTTE (Dretzel) |
Composer: | Cornelius H. Dretzel, 1697-1775 |
Meter: | 98 98 98 |
Key: | F Major or modal |
Source: | Setting: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941, alt. |
Copyright: | Public Domain |