How can I keep from singing (Robert Lowry)

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Editor: Glenn O'Brien (submitted 2012-01-24).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 13 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Public domain, courtesy of the Cyber Hymnal.

General Information

Title: How Can I Keep From Singing
Composer: Robert Lowry

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1860

Description:

External websites: Cyber Hymnal: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/h/c/a/hcaikeep.htm

Original text and translations

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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?