A charge to keep I have A God to glorify A never dying soul to save And fit it for the sky To serve the present age My calling to fulfil O may it all my powers engage To do my masters will. Arm me with jealous care As in thy sight to live And O thy servant Lord prepare A strict account to give Help me to watch and pray And on thyself rely Assur’d if I my trust betray I shall for ever die.

Full Text: A charge to keep I have A God to glorify A never dying soul to save And fit it for the sky To serve the present age My calling to fulfil O may it all my powers engage To do my masters will. Arm me with jealous care As in thy sight to live And O thy servant Lord prepare A strict account to give Help me to watch and pray And on thyself rely Assur’d if I my trust betray I shall for ever die.
Listed on Page Number: 313
Sampler Worked By: Emmeline Ivins
Date of Sampler: July 4, 1823
Place Sampler Made: Mechanicks Town
Sampler Listed on Page: 179
Author/Publication/Country/Date: Wesley, Charles. Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures. v. 1, Bristol: E. Farley, 1762, p. 58-59.
Notes: https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_short-hymns-on-select-pa_wesley-charles_1762_1/page/58/mode/1up?q=%22a+charge+to+keep+i+have%22%22