Keeping My Soul

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I've a song of delight in my heart all the while

Author: James Rowe
Tune: [I've a song of delight in my heart all the while]
Published in 6 hymnals

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1 I’ve a song of delight in my heart all the while,
For Jesus is keeping my soul;
All the trials of life I can face with a smile,
For Jesus is keeping my soul.

Refrain:
Yes, Jesus is keeping my soul,
Is keeping me happy and whole;
Whatsoever the way I’ve a song ev’ry day,
For Jesus is keeping my soul.

2 Ev’ry storm I can face with assurance most sweet,
For Jesus is keeping my soul;
And the tempter, I know, I shall surely defeat,
For Jesus is keeping my soul. [Refrain]

3 I shall see Him at last in the city of joy,
For Jesus is keeping my soul;
There my voice in His praise I shall ever employ,
For Jesus is keeping my soul. [Refrain]

4 With a wonderful throng I shall rest in His love,
For Jesus is keeping my soul;
And the crown I shall war in His palace above,
For Jesus is keeping my soul. [Refrain]

Source: Soul Inspiring Songs #163

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Author: James Rowe

Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	I've a song of delight in my heart all the while
Title:	Keeping My Soul
Author:	James Rowe
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Yes, Jesus is keeping my soul
Publication Date:	1907
Copyright:	Public Domain