“Behold the Lamb of God,”
Nailed to a cross of wood,
In pain and agony and death
While many mocking stood.
Dear children, do you ask,
Why thus He bled and died?
Why was the spotless Son of God
In shame thus crucified?
It was from love to us,
Our sins were on Him laid:
The holy, harmless, undefiled,
Our sacrifice was made.
The sin and shame were ours,
But God’s beloved Son
Bore all the punishment instead,
For guilt thus to atone.
ML-05/05/1935