66. Go to dark Gethsemane

1 GO to dark Gethsemane,
All who feel the Tempter's power:
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 suffering, shame, or loss;
Learn from Him to bear the cross.

3 Calvary'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 from 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 risen! He meets our eyes;
Saviour teach us so to rise.

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First Line: Go to dark Gethsemane
Meter: 7s.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1893
Topic: Passion
Notes: J. Montgomery.
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