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Text:A Charge to Keep I Have
Author:Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
Tune:ST. THOMAS

242. A Charge to Keep I Have

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 powers engage
To do my Master's will!

3 Arm me with jealous care,
As in Thy sight to live,
And O, Thy servant, Lord, prepare,
A strict account to give!

4 Help me to watch and pray,
And on Thyself rely
Assured, if I my trust betray,
I shall forever die.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: A charge to keep I have
Title: A Charge to Keep I Have
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
Meter: SM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2011
Scripture:
Topic: Consecration; Covenant; Dedication (1 more...)
Notes: Alternate tune: LISBON
Tune Information
Name: ST. THOMAS
Meter: SM
Key: F Major or modal
Source: Aaron Williams, The New Universal Psalmodist, 1770



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