Thus the Great Lord of Earth and Sea

Thus the great Lord of earth and sea

Spake to His Son

and thus He swore:

“Eternal shall Thy priest­hood be

And change from hand to hand no more.

“Aaron and all his sons must die

But ev­er­last­ing life is Thine

To save for­ev­er those that fly

For re­fuge from the wrath di­vine.

By Me Mel­chi­ze­dek was made

On earth a king and priest at once;

And Thou

My heav’n­ly priest

shall plead

And Thou

My king

shall rule My sons.

Jesus the Priest as­cends His throne

While coun­sels of eter­nal peace

Between the Fa­ther and the Son

Proceed with hon­or and success.

Thro’ the whole earth His reign shall spread

And crush the pow­ers that dare re­bel;

Then shall He judge the ris­ing dead

And send the guil­ty world to hell.

Though while He treads His glo­ri­ous way

He drinks the cup of tears and blood

The suf­fer­ings of that dread­ful day

Shall but ad­vance Him near to God.