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Text:A Charge to Keep I Have
Author:Charles Wesley
Tune:BOYLSTON
Composer:Lowell Mason

301. 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 oh, Thy servant, Lord, prepare
A strict account to give!

4 Help me to watch and pray,
And on Thyself rely,
And let me ne'er my trust betray,
But press to realms on high.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: A charge to keep I have
Title: A Charge to Keep I Have
Author: Charles Wesley (1762; alt.)
Meter: S.M.
Publication Date: 1955
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Commitment; Service; Stewardship (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: BOYLSTON
Composer: Lowell Mason (1832)
Meter: S.M.
Key: C Major



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