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Play “A Charge to Keep I Have”
Free same-meter accompaniment for A Charge to Keep I Have (Charles Wesley): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams) in four-part harmony, 4 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
Sung here to ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams), a Short Meter (6.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1A charge to keep I have,
- A God to glorify;
- A never dying soul to save,
- And fit it for the sky.
- 2From youth to hoary age,
- My calling to fulfil:
- O may it all my powers engage
- To do my Master's will!
- 3Arm me with jealous care,
- As in Thy sight to live,
- And, O Thy servant, Lord, prepare
- A strict account to give!
- 4Help me to watch and pray,
- And on Thyself rely,
- Steadfast to walk on Christ's dear way,
- And God to glorify.
About this music
ST. THOMAS — Aaron Williams. Setting: "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged" (Episcopal), 1905.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Episcopal Hymnal, 1905 Hymn 485.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the A Charge to Keep I Have page.
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