225: Go to Dark Gethsemane
1 Go to dark Gethsemane, you that 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 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.
| Text information | |
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| First Line: | Go to dark Gethsemane |
| Title: | Go to Dark Gethsemane |
| Author: | James Montgomery (1825, alt.) |
| Meter: | 7.7.7.7.7.7. |
| Scripture: | John 18:28; John 19:30; Matthew 26:36; Matthew 26:40 |
| Topic: | Jesus Christ | Passion and Death; Biblical Places; Consecration; Cross (of Believers); Jesus Christ | Passion; Jesus Christ | Redeemer; Jesus Christ | Sacrifice; Jesus Christ | Suffering; Maundy Thursday; Prayer, Hymns About; Satan |
| Language: | English |
| Tune information | |
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| Tune name: | REDHEAD |
| Composer: | Richard Redhead (1853) |
| Meter: | 7.7.7.7.7.7. |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
