1 Come let us use the grace divine,
  
And all with one accord,
  
In a perpetual cov'nant join
  
Ourselves to Christ the Lord:
2 Give up ourselves through Jesu's pow'r,
  
His name to glorify;
  
And promise in this sacred hour,
  
For God to live and die.
3 The cov'nant we this moment make
  
Be ever kept in mind;
  
We will no more our God forsake,
  
Or cast these words behind.
4 We never will throw off his fear,
  
Who hears our solemn vow;
  
And if thou art well pleas'd to hear,
  
Come down and meet us now.
                        
Charles Wesley
                        
The Methodist Hymnal 1939 edition
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  Hymnary.org adds some verses:
5 Thee, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,</idle musing>
Let all our hearts receive!
Present with the celestial host,
The peaceful answer give!6 To each the cov'nant blood apply,
Which takes our sins away;
And register our names on high,
And keep us to that day.
 

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