How Can I Keep From Singing

	  		
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My life flows on in endless song; 
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Above earth's lamentation, 
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I hear the sweet, tho' far-off hymn 
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That hails a new creation; 
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Thro' all the tumult and the strife 
           C 
I hear the music ringing; 
            C 
It finds an echo in my soul 
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How can I keep from singing? 

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What tho' my joys and comforts die? 
             C       G 
The Lord my Saviour liveth; 
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What tho' the darkness gather round? 
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Songs in the night he giveth. 
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No storm can shake my inmost calm 
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While to that refuge clinging; 
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Since Christ is Lord of heaven and earth, 
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How can I keep from singing? 

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I lift my eyes; the cloud grows thin; 
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I see the blue above it; 
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And day by day this pathway smooths, 
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Since first I learned to love it; 
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The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart, 
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A fountain ever springing; 
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All things are mine since I am his? 
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How can I keep from singing?