Music: Lowell Mason, 1832
Words: Charles Wesley, 1762
[Verse 1]
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A charge to keep I have,
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A God to glori-fy,
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A never dying soul to save,
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And fit it for the sky.
[Verse 2]
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To serve the present age,
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My calling to ful-fill;
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O may it all my pow'rs en-gage
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To do my Mas-ter's will!
[Verse 3]
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Arm me with jealous care,
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As in Thy sight to live,
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And now Thy servant, Lord, pre-pare,
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A strict ac-count to give!
[Verse 4]
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Help me to watch and pray,
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And on Thyself re-ly.
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Assured if I my trust be-tray,
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I shall for-ev -er die.