To be a priest
To be a priest – how blest a thing To walk the way that Christ has trod To know the longings of each soul And help the creature seek its God. To guide the young, baptize the child, To light dark places everywhere To lessen the pangs of death itself Christ in His priest is always there. To aid by prayer and power divine Each erring and repentant heart, To walk a selfish sinful earth Serene unstained – a man apart. To bid the uncreated God In words so sacred and so old Descend and rest in human hands Great deeds in simple words are told. To see like God the breaking heart To soothe when earthly powers have ceased To walk the way that Christ has trod How blest a thing to be a priest!