A Charge To Keep I Have

Words:
Charles Wesley
Music:
Lowell Mason

Sheet music

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  1. 1A charge to keep I have,A God to glorify;A never dying soul to save,And fit it for the sky.To serve the present age,My calling to fulfillO may it all my pow’rs engageTo do my Master’s will!
  2. 2Arm me with jealous care,As in Thy sight to live;And oh, Thy servant, Lord, pre-pare,A strict account to give.Help me to watch and pray,And on Thyself rely,Assured, if I my trust betray,I shall for ever die.

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1762, the words are in 1,481 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

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