Christ in Gethsemane

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Beyond where Cedron's waters flow

Author: Samuel Francis Smith
Published in 104 hymnals

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1 Beyond where Kedron's waters flow,
Behold the suffering Saviour go,
To sad Gethsemane!
His countenance is all divine,
Yet grief appears in every line.

2 He bows beneath the sins of men,
He cries to God, and cries again,
In sad Gethsemane;
He lifts his mournful eyes above--
My Father! can this cup remove!

3 With gentle resignation still,
He yielded to his Father's will,
In sad Gethsemane;--
Behold me here, thine only Son,
And, Father! let thy will be done.

4 The Father heard,--and angels there
Sustained the Son of God in prayer,
In sad Gethsemane;
He drank the dreadful cup of pain;--
Then rose to life and joy again.

5 When storms of sorrow round us sweep,
And scenes of anguish make us weep,
To sad Gethsemane
We'll look, and see the Saviour there;
Then humbly bow, like him, in prayer.

Source: The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #186

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Author: Samuel Francis Smith

Smith, Samuel Francis, D.D., was born in Boston, U.S.A., Oct. 21, 1808, and graduated in arts at Harvard, and in theology at Andover. He entered the Baptist ministry in 1832, and became the same year editor of the Baptist Missionary Magazine. He also contributed to the Encyclopaedia Americana. From 1834 to 1842 he was pastor at Waterville, Maine, and Professor of Modern Languages in Waterville College. In 1842 he removed to Newton, Massachusetts, where he remained until 1854, when he became the editor of the publications of the Baptist Missionary Union. With Baron Stow he prepared the Baptist collection known as The Psalmist, published in 1843, to which he contributed several hymns. The Psalmist is the most creditable and influential of… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Beyond where Cedron's waters flow
Title:	Christ in Gethsemane
Author:	Samuel Francis Smith
Meter:	8.6.8.6.6.5.6.7
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Go to Gethsemane
Copyright:	Public Domain