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PART I
DOUBLE CHORUS
Come, ye daughters, share my anguish;
See Him! Whom? The Bridegroom see.
See Him! How? A Lamb is He.
See it! What? His innocence.
Look! Look where? On our offence.
Look on Him, for love intense
On the Cross content to languish.
CHORALE
O Lamb of God, most holy,
The bitter Cross undergoing,
O Saviour, meek and lowly,
Despite and scorn only knowing,
The sins of Man Thou'rt bearing,
Else were we left despairing.
On us have mercy, O Jesus!
RECIT. (Tenor and Bass)
When Jesus had finished all these sayings,
He said to His disciples: Ye know that
after two days is the Passover, and the
Son of Man shall then be delivered up to
be crucified.
CHORALE
O blessed Jesu, how hast Thou offended,
That such a doom on Thee has now des-
cended?
Of what misdeed hast Thou to make con-
fession,
Of what transgression?
RECIT. (Tenor)
Then assembled the chief piiests and the
scribes together, and the elders of the
people, within the palace of the High
Priest, who was called Caiaphas, and they
consulted how by craft to lay hands on
Jesus, and kill Him. But thus they said:
DOUBLE CHORUS
Not upon the feast, lest haply an uproar
rises among the people.
ARIA (Alto)
Grief and pain, grief and pain
Rend repenting hearts in twain.
May the anguish of my spirit
In Thy sight acceptance gain.
Lord, Thy favour I would merit.
RECIT. (Tenor and Bass)
Then went one among the Twelve, whose
name was Judas Iscariot, to the chiefpriests, and he said: How much will ye
give me, if I to you deliver Him? And they
weighed to him thirty silver pieces. And
from that time sought he opportunity,
that he might betray Him.ARIA (Soprano)
Bleed and break, Thou loving heart.
Ah! a child whom Thou didst nourish,
Ah! a friend whom Thou didst cherish,
He doth gather foes around Thee,
He doth like a serpent wound Thee.
RECIT. (Tenor)
Now on the first day of unleavened bread
came the disciples to Jesus, and said un-
to Him:
CHORUS
Where wilt Thou that we prepare for
Thee to eat the Passover?
RECIT. (Tenor and Bass)
He said: Go ye into the city to such a
man, and say to him: The Master saith to
thee: My time is at hand, I will keep at
thy house the Passover with my disciples.
The disciples did as Jesus had appointed,
and made ready the Passover. And when
evening came, He sat down to meat with
the twelve. And He said, as they were
eating, Verily I say to you, one of you
shall betray me. And they grew exceed-
ing sad; and they began, each one of the
disciples, to say unto Him:
CHORUS
Lord, is it I?
RECIT. (Tenor and Bass)'
He answered them, and said: He that his
hand with me in the dish hath dipped, even
he shall betray me. The Son of Man is
about to go, as of Him it hath been writ-
ten: but woe unto that man by whom the
Son of Man hath been betrayed. It had
been better, yea, better for him, if he had
not been born. Then answered Judas, he
that betrayed Him, and said: Lord, is it
I? He saith to him: Thou sayest.
And as they were eating, then Jesus
took bread, blessed it, and brake, and gave
to the disciples, and said: Take ye, eat ye,
this is my body. And He took the cub, and
giving thanks, He gave it to them, and said:
Drink ye all of it. This is my blood of the
New Testament, which is shed for many,
for the remission of sins. I say to you, I
will henceforth not drink of this fruit of
the vine, until that day when I shall drink
it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
ARIA (Soprano)
Lord, to Thee my heart I proffer,
Enter Thou, and dwell in me,
All I am or have I offer,
Myself would I lose in Thee.Know I not, Thy face to see,
More than all the world would be?
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North Texas State College. [Playbill for The Passion According to St. Matthew], text, February 8, 1948; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2190439/m1/3/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.