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.