Poems (Vadlan)/Song of Praise

by Elaine Vadlan

SONG OF PRAISE

A song of praise and gladness
Keeps ringing in my soul;
For Earth's old chains are loosening
Their strong and stedfast hold.

They can keep my feet no longer
Joined 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 spoke
Has been knocking at the door.

When at first His gentle knocking
Hour by hour kept up that call,
And His Spirit hovering near me
Urged me on beyond recall.

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Then, one day, my eyes were opened
Lo. the Stranger at the door;
Who had been the constant pleader
Many 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 promised
To His followers here that know,
How to follow in His footsteps
And walk with Him below.