STANZA 1
A charge to keep I have, 
a God to glorify, 
a never-dying soul to save, 
and fit it for the sky. 

STANZA 2
To serve the present age, 
my calling to fulfill, 
O may it all my pow’rs engage 
to do my Master’s will! 

STANZA 3
Arm me with watchful care 
as in Thy sight to live, 
and now Thy servant, Lord, prepare 
a strict account to give!

STANZA 4
Help me to watch and pray,
and still on Thee rely,
O let me not my trust betray,
but press to realms on high.

—Charles Wesley, 1762, alt.