Hymns for the Living Church ‎#147

147. Go to Dark Gethsemane

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 the 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.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Go to dark Gethsemane
• Title: Go to Dark Gethsemane
• Author: James Montgomery (1825)
• Meter: 7 7 7 7 7 7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1974
• Scripture:
  Matthew 26:36
  ;
  Luke 24:1
  ;
  John 18:28
• Topic: Christ: Death; Christ: Gethsemane; Christ: Resurrection; Gethsemane; Resurrection

Tune Information

• Name: REDHEAD
• Composer: Richard Redhead (1853)
• Meter: 7 7 7 7 7 7
• Key: E♭ Major