text: My life goes on in endless song
  Above earths lamentations
  I hear the real, though far-off hymn
  That hails a new creation
  Through all the tumult and the strife
  I hear its music ringing
  It sounds an echo in my soul
  How can I keep from singing?
  What though the tempest loudly roars?
  I hear the truth, it liveth
  What though the darkness round me grows?
  Songs in the night it giveth
  No storm can shake my inmost calm
  While to that rock Im clinging
  Since love is lord of heaven and earth
  How can I keep from singing?
  When tyrants tremble in their fear
  And hear their death knell ringing
  When friends rejoice both far and near
  How can I keep from singing?
  In prison cell and dungeon vile
  Our thoughts to them are winging
  When friends by shame are undefiled
  How can I keep from singing?