My life goes on in endless song

Above earth's lamentations

I hear the sweet though far off hymn

That hails a new creation

Through all the tumult and the strife

I hear it's 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 Heaven 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?

No storm can shake my inmost calm

While to that refuge clinging

Since Christ is Lord of Heaven and earth

How can I keep from singing?