My Heart Keeps Right

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There's a song of joy, I sing it every day

Author: Lizzie DeArmond
Tune: [There's a song of joy, I sing it every day] (Ackley)
Published in 17 hymnals

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1 There's a song of joy, I sing it ev'ry day,
For my ev'ry sin the Lord has washed away;
Trusting in His word, I yield to His control,
Since the loving Jesus saved my soul.
(Since Jesus saved my soul.)

Chorus:
My heart keeps right since Jesus saved my soul;
My ev'ry tho't is under His control;
With songs of joy I'm pressing tow'rd the goal;
My heart keeps right since Jesus saved my soul.

2 As I live for Him each burden seems so light;
While He walks with me my heart is keeping right;
In the narrow way I'm pressing tow'rd the goal,
Since the loving Jesus saved my soul.
(Since Jesus saved my soul.) [Chorus]

3 All my doubts are past, I am secure at last;
Tho' my strength may fail, my anchor holdeth fast;
Tho' I once was lost, His grace hath made me whole,
Since the loving Jesus saved my soul.
(Since Jesus saved my soul.) [Chorus]

Source: The New Praiseworthy: for the Church and Sunday School #35

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Author: Lizzie DeArmond

Lizzie De Armond was a prolific writer of children's hymns, recitations and exercises. When she was twelve years old her first poem was published in the Germantown, Pa. Telegraph, however, it was not until she was a widow with eight children to support that she started writing in earnest. She wrote articles, librettos, nature stories and other works, as well as hymns. 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:	There's a song of joy, I sing it every day
Title:	My Heart Keeps Right
Author:	Lizzie DeArmond
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	My heart keeps right since Jesus saved my soul
Copyright:	Public Domain