Peter

MARION STUART HOWE

AWAKE! The message rang in prison cell;
And lo, the darkness fled and "there was light"!
From off his limbs the binding fetters fell,
He saw a perfect freedom, man's own right,
As he responded to the call, "Arise."

No rock-hewn walls were there to opened eyes,
But straight before him was an unbarred door
Through which he passed, a freeman, bound no more.

And we like Peter, too, from sleep must rise,
In swift obedience don faith's armor bright.
No darkness dense is here to unclosed eyes;
An angel guide is leading in the light.
We, too, can find the ever open door—
The Christ, which frees us now and evermore.

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