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Baptized Into Thy Name Most Holy

Baptized into Thy Name most holy, O Father, Son

Johann Jakob Rambach · tr. Catherine Winkworth · 9.8.9.8.8.8

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.

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Same meter but needs editorial underlay: O DASS ICH TAUSEND ZUNGEN.

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