{"id":4936,"date":"2013-02-22T17:59:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T01:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=4936"},"modified":"2013-02-22T17:59:31","modified_gmt":"2013-02-23T01:59:31","slug":"lent-2013-how-can-i-keep-from-singing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=4936","title":{"rendered":"Lent 2013: “How Can I Keep From Singing?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is another one of my go-to songs (well… in this case hymns) for those weeks that are really stressful.<\/p>\n

My life flows on in endless song;
\nAbove earth??s lamentation
\nI hear the sweet though far off hymn
\nThat hails a new creation:
\nThrough all the tumult and the strife
\nI hear the music ringing;
\nIt finds an echo in my soul??
\nHow can I keep from singing?<\/p>\n

What though my joys and comforts die?
\nThe Lord my Savior liveth;
\nWhat though the darkness gather round!
\nSongs in the night He giveth:
\nNo storm can shake my inmost calm
\nWhile to that refuge clinging;
\nSince Christ is Lord of Heav??n and earth,
\nHow can I keep from singing?<\/p>\n

I lift mine eyes; the cloud grows thin;
\nI see the blue above it;
\nAnd day by day this pathway smoothes
\nSince first I learned to love it:
\nThe peace of Christ makes fresh my heart,
\nA fountain ever springing:
\nAll things are mine since I am His??
\nHow can I keep from singing?
\n(HT: Net Hymnal<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is by far the best version I found of it on YouTube<\/a>. I appreciate its simplicity.<\/p>\n