Melchizedek

"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"

  

Melchizedek

He was the Priest of the Most High God. - Genesis 14:18

Out of the mist of ages comes, unknown,

His crown'd and mitred mien,

Who evermore, a Priest upon His throne,

Shall live and reign serene:

The King of righteousness His sceptre shews,

While palms and olives near the Prince of Peace

disclose.

And Father Abraham bends and bows before

One greater far than He;

Forth come the Bread and Wine, prefiguring

more

Than feeble sense may see:

The offer'd tithes His sacrifice proclaim,

And His High-priesthood own of everlasting

Name.

Thus Abraham saw Christ's day. The man of

woes

Is Salem's mystic king;

The King of Righteousness whose names disclose

Of Peace the Prince and spring:

The wine-press, for our thirst, who comes to

tread,

And for our hungering souls to break the Living

Bread.