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Hymnal Number
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Keys included:
C
About this Hymn
Charles Wesley sometimes read through his Bible and would generate brief hymns verse by verse. Some of these were collected in Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762). As a hymn of commitment, this one is rooted in Leviticus 8:35, "At the entrance of the tent of meeting you shall remain day and night for seven days, performing what the Lord has charged."
Lyrics
Verse 1
A charge to keep I have, a God to glorify, a never-dying soul to save, and fit it for the sky.
Verse 2
To serve the present age, my calling to fulfill, oh, may it all my pow'rs engage to do my Master's will!
Verse 3
Arm me with watchful care as in thy sight to live, and now thy servant, Lord, prepare a strict account to give!
Verse 4
Help me to watch and pray, and still on thee rely; oh, let me not my trust betray, but press to realms on high.
A charge to keep I have, a God to glorify, a never-dying soul to save, and fit it for the sky.
Verse 2
To serve the present age, my calling to fulfill, oh, may it all my pow'rs engage to do my Master's will!
Verse 3
Arm me with watchful care as in thy sight to live, and now thy servant, Lord, prepare a strict account to give!
Verse 4
Help me to watch and pray, and still on thee rely; oh, let me not my trust betray, but press to realms on high.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Charles Wesley, 1762, alt.
Music: Lowell Mason, 1832
Music: Lowell Mason, 1832