Hymn

How Can I Keep from Singing

Anonymous

My life flows on in endless song;

Amid earth's lamentation,

I hear the sweet, tho' far-off hymn

That hails a new creation;

Thro' all the tumult and the strife

I hear the music ringing;

It finds an echo in my soul,

How can I keep from singing?

What tho' my joys and comforts die,

The Lord my Helper liveth!

What tho' the darkness gather round;

Songs in the night he giveth!

No storm can shake my inmost calm

While to that refuge clinging;

Since God is Lord of heav'n and earth,

How can I keep from singing?

I lift mine eyes; the cloud grows thin;

I see the blue above it;

And day by day this pathway smooths

Since first I learned to love it.

The peace of God makes fresh my heart,

A fountain ever springing;

All things are mine, since I am His

How can I keep from singing?

How Can I Keep from Singing — Text from Christ in Song, 1908. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/how-can-i-keep-from-singing

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