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Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Melchizedek

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.

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