Baptized Into Thy Name Most Holy

Text by Johann Jakob Rambach

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About this hymn

Date: 1734
Tune: O Dass Ich Tausend Zungen Hätte (Dretzel)
Composer: Kornelius Heinrich Dretzel
Key: F
Meter: 9 8 9 8 8 8

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Atonement, Baptism, Blood, Christian Life, Commitment, Conversion.

Mt 28:19 · Rom 6:2-4 · Gal 3:26-27 · Ps 51:10-12 · Rom 14:8-9

Musical background

O Dass Ich Tausend Zungen Hätte (Dretzel) is presented in the source key of F, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: Johann Jakob Rambach, 1734. Translated by Catherine Winkworth, 1863 and August Crull, 1884. Music: 'O Dass Ich Tausend Zungen Hätte (Dretzel)' Kornelius Heinrich Dretzel, 1731. Setting: "Mehrstimmiges ChoralBuch", 1906. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2011 Revision.