My life flows on in endless song
Above earth's lamentation
I hear the sweet though far-off hymn
That hails the 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 the tempest loudly roars
I hear the Word, it liveth
What though the darkness round me close
Songs in the night it giveth
No storm can shake my inmost calm
While to the rock I'm clinging
Since love's the rule of heaven and earth
How can I keep from singing?
I lift my eyes, the cloud removes
I see the blue above it
And day by day this pathway smooths
Since first I learned to love it
Thy song of peace makes fresh my heart
A fountain ever springing
All things are mine since I am thine
How can I keep from singing? |