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[I came to Jesus poor and weak]

Appears in 2 hymnals Incipit: 51353 23134 65443 Used With Text: I came to Jesus poor and weak

Appears in 147 hymnals First Line: My life flows on in endless song Lyrics: 1 My life flows on in endless song; Above earth's lamentation, I catch the sweet though far-off hymn That hails a new creation. Thro' all the tumult and the strife I hear the music ringing: It finds an echo in my soul; How can I keep from singing! 2 What tho' my joys and comforts die, The Lord my Saviour liveth; What tho' 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! 3 I lift my eyes, the cloud grows thin: I see the blue above it; And day by day this pathway smooths, 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! Used With Tune: [My life flows on in endless song] (Vail)

I came to Jesus poor and weak

Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Opening of School; Worship Used With Tune: [I came to Jesus poor and weak]

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How Can I Keep from Singing

Hymnal: Calvary Songs #20 (1875) First Line: My life flows on in endless song Lyrics: 1 My life flows on in endless song; Above earth's lamentation, I catch the sweet though far-off hymn That hails a new creation. Thro' all the tumult and the strife I hear the music ringing: It finds an echo in my soul; How can I keep from singing! 2 What tho' my joys and comforts die, The Lord my Saviour liveth; What tho' 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! 3 I lift my eyes, the cloud grows thin: I see the blue above it; And day by day this pathway smooths, 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! Languages: English Tune Title: [My life flows on in endless song] (Vail)

I came to Jesus poor and weak

Hymnal: A Selection of Spiritual Songs #38 (1881) Topics: Opening of School; Worship Languages: English Tune Title: [I came to Jesus poor and weak]

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S. J. Vail

1818 - 1884 Composer of "[My life flows on in endless song] (Vail)" in Calvary Songs In his youth Silas Jones Vail learned the hatter's trade at Danbury, Ct. While still a young man, he went to New York and took employment in the fashionable hat store of William H. Beebe. Later he established himself in business as a hatter at 118 Fulton Street, where he was for many years successful. But the conditions of trade changed, and he could not change with them. After his failure in 1869 or 1870 he devoted his entire time and attention to music. He was the writer of much popular music for use in churches and Sunday schools. Pieces of music entitled "Scatter Seeds of Kindness," "Gates Ajar," "Close to Thee," "We Shall Sleep, but not Forever," and "Nothing but Leaves" were known to all church attendants twenty years ago. Fanny Crosby, the blind authoress, wrote expressly for him many of the verses he set to music. --Vail, Henry H. (Henry Hobart). Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Jeremiah Vail at Salem, Mass., 1639, p. 234.