Lutheran Service Book ‎#590

590. Baptized into Your Name Most Holy

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

2 My loving Father, here You take me
To be henceforth Your child and heir.
My faithful Savior, here You make 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.

Text Information

• First Line: Baptized into Your name most holy
• Title: Baptized into Your Name Most Holy
• Author: Johann Jacob Rambach, 1693-1735 (abr. )
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 (alt. )
• Meter: 98 98 88
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2006
• Scripture:
  Matthew 28:19
  ;
  Romans 6:2-4
  ;
  Romans 6:11
  ;
  Galatians 3:26-27
  ;
  Psalm 51:10-12

Tune Information

• Name: O DASS ICH TAUSEND ZUNGEN HÄTTE (DRETZEL)
• Composer: Cornelius Heinrich Dretzel, 1697-1775
• Meter: 98 98 88
• Key: F Major
• Source: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941 (Setting)