A Charge to Keep I Have
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- Derived from a public-domain source text; not yet collated against a page scan.
- Cite as
- Charles Wesley, “A Charge to Keep I Have” (1762). Wesley Corpus,
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- Text: public domain (Public Domain Mark 1.0). Editorial apparatus: CC BY 4.0.
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1 A charge to keep I have, a God to glorify, a never-dying soul to save, and fit it for the sky. 2 To serve the present age, my calling to fulfill, O may it all my pow'rs engage to do my Master's will! 3 Arm me with watchful care as in Thy sight to live, and now Thy servant, Lord, prepare a strict account to give! 4 Help me to watch and pray, and still on Thee rely, O let me not my trust betray, but press to realms on high.
1 A charge to keep I have, a God to glorify, a never-dying soul to save, and fit it for the sky.
2 To serve the present age, my calling to fulfill, O may it all my pow'rs engage to do my Master's will!
3 Arm me with watchful care as in Thy sight to live, and now Thy servant, Lord, prepare a strict account to give!
4 Help me to watch and pray, and still on Thee rely, O let me not my trust betray, but press to realms on high.