Once in the Blest Baptismal Waters

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1 Once in the blest baptismal waters
I put on Christ and made him mine;
now, numbered with God's sons and daughters,
I share his peace and love divine.
My God, for Jesus' sake I pray
your peace may bless my dying day.

2 His body and his blood I've taken
in his blest supper, feast divine;
now I shall never be forsaken
for I am his and he is mine.
My God, for Jesus' sake I pray
your peace may bless my dying day.

3 Though death may come today, tomorrow,
I know in Christ I perish not;
he grants the peace that stills all sorrow,
gives me a robe without a spot.
My God, for Jesus' sake I pray
your peace may bless my dying day.

4 And thus I live in God contented
and die without a thought of fear;
to God's good plans I have consented,
my faith is focused, firm, and clear.
By grace, in Jesus' name I say,
"Lord, you will bless my dying day!"

Source: Christian Worship: Hymnal #678

Author: Aemilie Juliane, Gräfin von Schwarzburg Rudolstadt

Emilie Juliane was daughter of Count Albert Friedrich of Barby and Mühlingen (on the Elbe, near its junction with the Saale). During the Thirty Years' war her father and family had to seek refuge in the Heidecksburg, the castle of his uncle, Count Ludwig Günther of Schwarzburg Rudolstadt, and Emilie was born at the Heidecksburg, Aug. 16, 1637. After the death of her father (1641) and mother (1642), she was adopted by her mother's sister (who was her godmother, and had become the wife of Count Ludwig Günther), and was educated at Rudolstadt with her cousins, under the care of Dr. Ahasuerus Fritsch, and other tutors. She became the wife of her cousin, Albert Anton, July 7, 1665, and died at Rudolstadt, Dec. 3, 1706 (Koch, iv. 56-63; Allg.… Go to person page >

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First Line: Once in the blest baptismal waters
Title: Once in the Blest Baptismal Waters
Author: Aemilie Juliane, Gräfin von Schwarzburg Rudolstadt
Meter: 9.8.9.8.8.8
Source: Tr. The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O God, for Jesus' sake I pray
Copyright: Public Domain

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