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An unchangeable priesthood.
Heb. 7:24.
Jesus, in thee our eyes behold
A thousand glories more
Than the rich gems and polished gold
The sons of Aaron wore.
2 They first their own burnt-offerings brought
To purge themselves from sin:
Thy life was pure, without a spot,
And all thy nature clean.
3 Fresh blood, as constant as the day,
Was on their altar spilt;
But thy one offering takes away
For ever all our guilt.
4 Their priesthood ran through several hands,
For mortal was their race;
Thy never-changing office stands
Eternal as thy days.
5 Once, in the circuit of a year,
With blood, but not his own,
Aaron with the vail appeared
Before the golden throne;
6 But Christ, with his own precious blood,
Ascends above the skies,
And in the presence of our God
Shows his own sacrifice.
7 Jesus, the King of glory, reigns
On Zion’s holy hill;
Looks like a lamb that had been slain,
And wears his priesthood still.
8 He ever lives in heaven to plead
The cause which cost his blood,
And saves unto the utmost those
Who by him come to God.
Watts.