Thine I am; to Thee would live;

Naught from Thee shall ever win me.

Thou wilt not forsake nor leave me;

Let me, Lord, in love receive Thee.

Johann Caspar Schade, 1692.

Tr. A. Ramsey.

So nimm denn meine Haende.

Take, then, my hands, O Father,

And lead Thou me

Until my journey endeth,