One Thing's Needful

Text by Johann Heinrich Schröder

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About this hymn

Date: 1697
Tune: Eins ist Not
Composer: Adam Krieger
Key: Eb
Meter: 8 7 8 7 12 12 11 11

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 Aspiration, Assurance, Atonement, Blood, Calmness, Christian Life.

Lk 10:41-42 · Mk 4:19-20 · Phil 4:5-7 · 3:7-11 · Mt 6:25-34 · 5:16 · Col 2:13-14 · Heb 9:13-14 · Ps 23:1-6

Musical background

Eins ist Not is presented in the source key of Eb, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

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

Words: Johann H. Schröder, 1697. Translated by Frances E. Cox, 1841, alt. Music: 'Eins ist Not' Adam Krieger (1634-1666). Setting: Fridrich Layriz, 1853, alt. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2012 Revision.