LYRICS
| Meter: | 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Charles Wesley
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1762
| | Bible Refs: | Lev 8:35
| A Collection of Hymns (Methodist)
| 1889
| 318
| Australian Hymn Book/With One Voice
| 1977
| 487
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 461
| Baptist Hymnal
| 1956
| 358
| Church Hymnal Revised
| 1920
| 453
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition
| 1904
| 432
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 328
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 785
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
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| 448
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 578
| New Redemption Hymnal
| 1986
| 919
| Oxford Hymn Book
| 1925
| 178
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 2074
| Together in Song: The Australian HB II
| 1999
| 573
| United Methodist Hymn Book
| 1989
| 413
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MUSIC
| Name: | BOYLSTON
| | Meter: | 6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Lowell Mason
| | Dates: | 1832
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 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 420
| No key
| Baptist Hymnal
| 168
| C
| Baptist Hymnal
| 358
| C
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 448
| C
| Hymns of Faith
| 315
| C
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 117
| C
| Believers Hymn Book
| 170
| C
| Believers Hymn Book
| 310
| C
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Alternate Tunes
| GALWAY | 6 6 8 6 (S.M.) | Edward Miller | | CAMBRIDGE | 6 6 8 6 (S.M.) | Ralph Harrison & Samuel Sebastian Wesley | | VIGIL | 6 6 8 6 (S.M.) | St. Alban’s Tune Book | | A CHARGE TO KEEP | 6 6 8 6 D (D.S.M.) | Paine Denson |
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| 1. A charge to keep I have,
A God to glorify,
Who gave His Son my soul to save,
And fit it for the sky.
2. To serve the present age,
By calling to fulfill;
O may it all by 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.
5. **alt verses
6. A charge to keep I have,
A God to glorify,
A never-dying soul to save,
And fit it for the sky.
7. To serve the present age,
My calling to fulfill:
O may it all my powers engage
To do my Master’s will!
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