"Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice" (Philippians 4:4).
"Sing a little song of trust,
O my heart!
Sing it just because you must,
As leaves start;
As flowers push their way through dust;
Sing, my heart, because you must.
"Wait not for an eager throng
Bird on bird;
’tis the solitary song
That is heard.
Every voice at dawn will start,
Be a nightingale, my heart!
"Sing across the winter snow,
Pierce the cloud;
Sing when mists are drooping low
Clear and loud;
But sing sweetest in the dark;
He who slumbers not will hark."
"An’’ when He hears yo’’ sing, He bends down wid a smile on His kin’’ face an’’ listens mighty keerful, an’’ He says, ’sing on, chile, I hears, an’’ I’s comin’’ down to deliber yo’’: I’ll tote dat load fer yo’; jest lean hawd on Me and de road will get smoother bime by."’