Such, wer da will, ein ander Ziel

"Such, wer da will, ein ander Ziel" (Search, whoever wants, for a different goal) is a Lutheran hymn in five stanzas with a text written by Georg Weissel in 1623 to a melody that Johann Stobäus had created in 1613.

When he took up the post as pastor the following Sunday, he wrote "Such, wer da will, ein ander Ziel" for the occasion.

It is prominently Weissels own profession at the beginning of his tenure as minister, to follow Christ alone, as both Paul and Luther had taught.

An American-German Lutheran hymnal of 1894 has the hymn with the melody of "Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit" by Martin Luther.

[5] Karl Marx composed in 1948 a motet Such, wer da will, ein ander Ziel, set for two to three voices and two instruments.