[1] "A Charge to Keep I Have" was later included in A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, published in 1780 by Charles's brother John Wesley.

[1] 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 Master’s will!

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.

[1][8] In the 1904 edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern, the lines were changed to: And let me ne’er my trust betray But press to realms on high.

[3] In Methodist hymnals, "A Charge to Keep I Have" has sometimes been paired with St Thomas, written by Aaron Williams,[10] or Cambridge, by Ralph Harrison,[11] both composed in the 18th century.

[15] Bush said he was "particularly impressed" by the lines: "To serve the present age, my calling to fulfill / O may it all my powers engage to do my Master's will."

In a memo to staff, Bush wrote:When you come into my office, please take a look at the beautiful painting of a horseman determinedly charging up what appears to be a steep and rough trail.

[16]An a capella arrangement of the hymn, sung by gospel singer Marion Williams, appears on the soundtrack for the 1991 film Fried Green Tomatoes.