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Baptized Into Thy Name Most Holy

Tune: O Dass Ich Tausend Zungen H�tte (Dretzel) · Meter 9 8 9 8 8 8

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1 Baptized into Thy Name most holy, O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, I claim a place, though weak and lowly, Among Thy seed, Thy chosen host. Buried with Christ and dead to sin, Thy Spirit now shall live within.

2 My loving Father, here doth take me To be henceforth His child and heir; My faithful Savior, now doth make me The fruit of all His sorrows share; My Comforter will comfort me When darkest clouds around I see.

3 And I have vowed to fear and love Thee And to obey Thee, Lord, alone; I felt Thy Holy Spirit move me, I dared to pledge myself Thine own, Renouncing sin to keep the faith And war with evil unto death.

4 My faithful God, Thou failest never, Thy cov'nant surely will abide; Oh, cast me not away forever Should I transgress it on my side! But if I fall hide not Thy face, Restore Thy child, Lord, by Thy Grace.

5 Yes, all I am and love most dearly, To Thee I offer now the whole; O let me make my vows sincerely, Take full possession of my soul! Let naught within me, naught I own, Serve any will save Thine alone.

Words: Johann Jakob Rambach (1693–1735); translated by Catherine Winkworth (1827–1878), August Crull (1845–1923)
Music: Kornelius Heinrich Dretzel (1697–1775); setting by unknown
Scripture: Mt 28:19, Rom 6:2-4, Gal 3:26-27, Ps 51:10-12, Rom 14:8-9
Public domain. From the Open Hymnal Project.