The Lutheran Hymnal ‎#159

159. 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;
Oh, the wormwood and the gall!
Oh, the pangs His soul sustained!
Shun not suff'ring, shame, or loss;
Learn of 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 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 risen! 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 (1880, 1885)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1941
• Scripture:
  Lamentations 3:19
• Topic: The Church Year: Lent

Tune Information

• Name: GETHSEMANE
• Composer: Richard Redhead (1853)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7.
• Key: E♭ Major