Common Praise ‎#132

132. Go to dark Gethsemane

1 Go to dark Gethsemane,
ye that feel the tempter’s power;
your Redeemer’s conflict see,
watch with him one bitter hour;
turn not from his griefs away;
learn from Jesus Christ to pray.

2 See him at the judgment-hall;
beaten, bound, reviled, arraigned.
O the wormwood and the gall!
O the pangs his soul sustained!
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss:
learn of Christ 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 has taken him away?
Christ is risen! He meets our eyes;
Saviour, teach us so to rise.

Text Information

• First Line: Go to dark Gethsemane
• Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854
• Meter: 77 77 77
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 15:19
  ;
  John 19:30
  ;
  Luke 23:33
  ;
  Mark 14:32-41
  ;
  Mark 15:1-20
  ;
  Matthew 28:1-10
• Topic: Maundy Thursday

Tune Information

• Name: NICHT SO TRAURIG (PRESSBURG)
• Harmonizer: J. S. Bach, 1685-1750
• Meter: 77 77 77
• Key: g minor
• Source: J. A. Freylinghausen's Neues Geistreiches Gesangbuch, 1714