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 116. The Priestly Office  From St. Gregory Nazianzen.  IN service o'er the Mystic Feast I stand; I cleanse Thy victim-flock, and bring them near  In holiest wise, and by a bloodless rite.  O fire of Love! O gushing Fount of Light! (As best I know, who need Thy pitying Hand) Dread office this, bemired souls to clear  Of their defilement, and again made bright.  Oxford .  1834.