A Collection of Evangelical Hymns ‎#XXV

XXV. The Agony

1 Jesus, while he dwelt below,
As divine Historians say,
To a place would often go;
Near to Kedron’s brook that lay:
In this place he loved to be,
And ’twas named Gethsemane.

2 Thither, by their master brought,
His disciples likewise came;
There the heav'nly truths he taught,
Often set their hearts on flame.
Therefore they, as well as he,
Visited Gethsemane.

3 Here no strangers derst intrude;
But the Prince of Peace could sit,
Cheer'd with sacred solitude,
Wrapt in contemplation sweet:
Yet how little could they see,
Why he chose Gethsemane.

4 Many woes had he endur'd,
Many sore temptations met,
Patient, and to pains inur'd;
But the sorest trail yet
Was to be sustain'd in thee,
Gloomy sad Gethsemane.

5 Come at length the dreadful night,
Vengeance with its iron rod
Stood, and with collected might
Bruis'd the harmless Lamb of God.
See, my soul, thy Saviour see,
Grov'ling in Gethsemane.

6 Oh, what wonders Love has done;
But how little understood!
God well knows, and God alone,
What produc'd that sweat of blood.
Who can thy deep wonders see,
Wonderful Gethsemane.

7 Eden, from each flow'ry bead,
Did for man short sweetness breathe,
Soon, by Satan's counsel led,
Man wrought sin, and sin wrought death.
But of life the healing tree
Grows in rich Gethsemane.

8 Here's my claim, and here alone;
None a Saviour more can need:
Deeds of righteousness I've none;
No, not one good work to plead:
Not a glimpse of hope for me,
Only in Gethsemane.

9 Saviour, all the stone remove
From my flinty frozen heart;
Thaw it with the beams of love,
Pierce it with a blood-dipt dart.
Wound the heart that wounded thee,
Melt it in Gethsemane.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, while he dwelt below
• Title: The Agony
• Author: Hart
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1793
• Topic: Son

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