Poems (Vadlan)/Song of Praise
SONG OF PRAISE
A song of praise and gladnessKeeps ringing in my soul;For Earth's old chains are looseningTheir strong and stedfast hold.
They can keep my feet no longerJoined together in their grip:They have fallen from my fingers,And beneath my tread they slip,
For an Unseen Hand now holds mine,As it never did before:He, of whom our Father spokeHas been knocking at the door.
When at first His gentle knockingHour by hour kept up that call,And His Spirit hovering near meUrged me on beyond recall.
}} Then, one day, my eyes were openedLo. the Stranger at the door;Who had been the constant pleaderMany days in wasted hours of yore.
With trembling hands the latch was raised,My heart's glad cry was joy:For I had found the Saviour,He doth now my all employ.
Such a kind and loving Master,Can ne'er on earth be found;He is guiding me to Heaven,For to share the promised crown.
Which He Himself hath promisedTo His followers here that know,How to follow in His footstepsAnd walk with Him below.