How Can I Keep from Singing?

My life flows on in end­less song;

Above earth’s la­men­ta­tion

I hear the sweet though far off hymn

That hails a new cre­ation:

Through 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 though my joys and com­forts die?

The Lord my Sav­ior liv­eth;

What though the dark­ness ga­ther round!

Songs in the night He giv­eth:

No storm can shake my in­most calm

While to that re­fuge cling­ing;

Since Christ 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 smoothes

Since first I learned to love it:

The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart

A fount­ain ev­er spring­ing:

All things are mine since I am His—

How can I keep from sing­ing?