"Baptized Into Thy Name Most Holy"
                        by Johann J. Rambach, 1693-1735
                 Translated by Catherine Winkworth, 1829-1878
                                  Text From:
                     THE HANDBOOK TO THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
              (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1942)p.214



        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, Thou dost take me
        To be henceforth Thy child and heir;
        My faithful Savior, Thou dost make me
        The fruit of all Thy sorrows share;
        Thou, Holy Ghost, wilt comfort me
        When darkest clouds around I see.

        3. And I have vowed to love and fear Thee
        And to obey Thee, Lord, alone;
        Because the Holy Ghost did 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 covenant surely will abide;
        Oh, cast me not away forever
        Should I transgress it on my side!
        Though I have oft my soul defiled,
        Do Thou forgive, restore, Thy child.

        5. Yea, all I am and love most dearly
        I offer now, O Lord, to Thee,
        Oh, let me make my vows sincerely
        And help me Thine own child to be!
        Let naught within me, naught I own,
        Serve any will but Thine alone.

        6. And never let my purpose falter,
        O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
        But keep me faithful to Thine altar
        Till Thou shalt call me from my post,
        So unto Thee I live and die
        And praise Thee evermore on high.

        

        Notes:
        Hymn #298 from _The Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal_
        Text: Matt 28:19
        Author: Johann J. Rambach, 1734, ab.
        Translated by: Catherine Winkworth, 1863, alt.
        Titled: "Ich bin getauft auf deinen Namen"
        Composer: Kornelius Dretzel, 1731
        Tune: "O dass ich tausend"