1 Go to dark Gethsemane,
Ye that feel the Tempter's pow'r;
Your Redeemer's conflict see,
Watch with Him one bitter hour;
Turn not from His griefs away,
Learn of Jesus Christ to pray.
2 Follow to the judgment hall,
View the Lord of life arraigned.
O the wormwood and the gall!
O the pangs His soul sustained!
Shun not suff'ring, shame, or loss;
Learn of Him to bear the cross.
3 Calv'ry's mournful mountain climb;
There, adoring at His feet,
Mark that miracle of time,
God's own sacrifice complete.
"It is finished!" hear Him cry;
Learn of Jesus Christ to die.
4 Early hasten to the tomb
Where they laid His breathless clay;
All is solitude and gloom,
Who hath taken Him away?
Christ is ris'n! He meets our eyes.
Savior, teach us so to rise.
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | Go to dark Gethsemane |
| Title: | Go to Dark Gethsemane |
| Author: | J. Montgomery, 1771-1854 |
| Publication Date: | 1996 |
| Meter: | 77 77 77 |
| Topic: | Passion of Christ |
| Language: | English |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | GETHSEMANE |
| Composer: | R. Redhead, 1820-1901 |
| Meter: | 77 77 77 |
| Key: | E♭ Major |