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Behold, Melchizedek! And he who for himself and for his seed Paid tithes to him, and he who thus bespake His pious Father: “But where is the Lamb For sacrifice?”—his dignity partake, Humbly with Isaac and with Abraham, The eternal priest bowed down in silent prayer. Messiah thus— “Ere Abraham was, I am! And thou, thou priest of Salem, who while-ere Greeted the faithful from his victory With sacramental blessing;—thou wert him Of th’ everlasting Order and Decree, Whence bread from Heaven, angelic food for man, And life divine outpoured in blood. With thee That sacramental ordinance began, Accomplished now. Be thou a priest for ever: I swear, nor shall repent. I will—I can— After thine Order rule, and it shall never In righteousness and peace, surcease to hold Sway and dominion when and wheresoever.”
Behold, Melchizedek! And he who for himself and for his seed Paid tithes to him, and he who thus bespake His pious Father: “But where is the Lamb For sacrifice?”—his dignity partake, Humbly with Isaac and with Abraham, The eternal priest bowed down in silent prayer. Messiah thus— “Ere Abraham was, I am! And thou, thou priest of Salem, who while-ere Greeted the faithful from his victory With sacramental blessing;—thou wert him Of th’ everlasting Order and Decree, Whence bread from Heaven, angelic food for man, And life divine outpoured in blood. With thee That sacramental ordinance began, Accomplished now. Be thou a priest for ever: I swear, nor shall repent. I will—I can— After thine Order rule, and it shall never In righteousness and peace, surcease to hold Sway and dominion when and wheresoever.”
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- J. A. Heraud (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 465 · printed citation: J. A. Heraud · subject: PRIEST
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