How Can I Keep from Singing?

1My life flows on in endless song;
Amid earth's lamentation,
I hear the sweet, tho' faroff 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?

2What 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?

3I 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?