Music by Neuvermehrtes Meiningisches Gesangbuch; harm. Felix Mendelssohn, words by Robert C. Chapman
No bone of Yours was broken,
O spotless paschal Lamb!
Of life and peace a token
To us who know Your name;
The Head, for all the members,
The curse-- the vengeance bore,
And God, our God, remembers
His people's sins no more.
We, the redeemed, are reaping
What You did sow in tears:
This feast which we are keeping
Your name to us endears;
It tells of justice hiding
The face of God from You;
Proud men around deriding,
Your sorrows in plain view.
Your life and death reviewing,
We tread the narrow way;
Our homeward path pursuing,
We watch the dawn of day:
We eat and drink with gladness
The symbols, bread and wine,
And sing with sweetest sadness
Our song of love divine.