How Can I Keep From Singing?

My life flows on in endless song;
Above earth's lamentation.
I catch the sweet, though faroff hymn
that hails a new creation;
Through all the tumult and the strife,
I hear that 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 my 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 Christ makes fresh my heart,
a fountain ever springing;
All things are mine since I am His...
How can I keep from singing?