Vol 05 - Sleeping in the Calm of Heaven

Sleeping in the Calm of Heaven That night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door kept the prison." (Acts 12:6). Psalms 62:8; Psalms 125:1; Acts 12:12.

SLEEPING in the calm of heaven Who or what shall help him now?

Hopeless, everything external- Death the stamp upon his brow.

Ere, in peace, he closed his eyelids, Casting all his care on God (1 Peter 5:5-11) Little knowing of the angel Hasting on the shining road.

Weakness, in the night is waiting, Like those Abel-men of yore, When the messengers from glory Told of Bethlehem’s hidden store.

(Acts 12:7; Luke 2:9.) See! the hand of One from glory Wakes him from his blessed, sleep:

’Tis the Lord, who once said, " Follow "―

"Feed my lambs," and―" Feed my sheep."

Ah! those very days must tell him Of the love that could not die:

Anniversary of sorrow, Yet of full, unclouded joy.

(Mark 14:1; Mark 14:72; Acts 12:3.) Herod, ’mid the outward boasting, Fills his cup with dreadful wine, While the foot of Zion’s captive Passes on in rest divine.

(Acts 12:9-11.) Richest aid, resource and blessing, Helplessness and trust shall find, When the visible is crushing, All its might and will combined.

" Trust ye in the Lord forever,"- " Wait," I say, " on Him alone:
He who showed the " fire " to Peter, Sends deliverance from the throne.