377. Go to dark Gethsemane

1 Go to dark Gethsemane,
you that feel the tempter's power;
your Redeemer's conflict see,
watch with him one bitter hour.
From his griefs turn not away,
learn of Jesus Christ to pray.

2 Follow to the judgement hall;
see him beaten, bound, arraigned;
patiently he bears it all,
all our pain his soul sustained.
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss;
learn from Christ to bear the cross.

3 Climb to Calvary's mournful site:
there the Lord of glory reigns;
there, through weakness, wins the fight,
over sin our victory gains.
'It is finished!' hear him cry;
there, in Christ, we dare to die.

Text Information
First Line: Go to dark Gethsemane
Revised: Andrew Donaldson (b. 1951)
Author: James Montgomery (1771-1854)
Publication Date: 2005
Meter: 77 77 77
Topic: Life in Christ: Christ Incarnate - Passion and Death
Language: English
Copyright: © 1997 The Presbyterian Church in Canada
Tune Information
Name: PETRA (REDHEAD 76)
Composer: Richard Redhead (1820-1901)
Meter: 77 77 77
Key: d minor or modal



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