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Hymn

A Charge to Keep I Have

ST. MICHAEL · S.M. · words Charles Wesley · music William Crotch

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A Charge to Keep I Have ful re to ri Thy Thy ing to on in call God glo self sight to ly, live, fill, fy, me to me serve charge watch jeal pres keep to with the To 1. A 2. 4. Help 3. Arm pray, care, age, have, And As My A and ous ent I ev count Mas for ac for er to ter's the shall strict do fit it my die. give! will! sky. if Thy it er sured, O, may nev I ser all dy As And O A tray, pare gage save, be pre en to I A To And my vant, my ing trust Lord, pow'rs soul Charles Wesley, 1762 ST. MICHAEL S.M. William Crotch, 1836

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 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.

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