From Oremus Hymnal
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 fulfill,
O may it all my powers engage
to do the master's 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,
assured if I my trust betray,
I shall for ever die.
Historical Notes
Author
Charles Wesley, (1707-1788), 1762
Meter
SM
Sound Files
Boylston,
Cambridge,
Galway,
St. Michael,
St. Thomas,
Southwell
Other Comments
Sources
Hymnal, Number, Tune(s)
| Hymnal
| Number
| Tunes Used
|
| Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1826
| 179
|
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1874 (Goodrich & Gilbert)
| 474
| Mt. Ephraim, Schumann
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1874 (Tucker & Rousseau)
| 474
| Southwell
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1874 (Hutchins)
| 474
| Thatcher
|
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard, 1875-1924
| 702
| Galway
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Darlington)
| 501
| Boylston
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Parker)
| 501
| St. Thomas
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Hutchins)
| 501
| Shirland
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Tucker & Rousseau)
| 501
| St. Thomas
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Helfenstein)
| 501
| Thatcher
|
| The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Messiter)
| 501
| St. Michael
|
| Church Hymns, New Edition, 1903
| 432
| St. Jerome
|
| Church Hymnal for the Christian Year, 1917
| Children's 74
| Holyrood, Trenfield
|
| Church Hymnal Revised, 1920 (Hutchins)
| 453
| Heath
|
| The Oxford Hymn Book, 1925
| 178
| Bath New, Potsdam
|
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised, 1950
| 328
| Galway
|
| Anglican Hymn Book, 1965
| 602
| Galway
|
| The Australian Hymn Book, 1977
| 487
| Cambridge
|
| Together in Song (Australia), 1999
| 573
| Cambridge
|
