112. 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 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 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 risen! He meets our eyes.
Savior, teach us so to rise.

Text Information
First Line: Go to dark Gethsemane
Title: Go To Dark Gethsemane
Author: J. Montgomery (1825)
Meter: 7s. 6L.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1928
Topic: Passion and Easter
Tune Information
Name: [Go to dark Gethsemane]
Composer: R. Redhead (1853)
Meter: 7s. 6L.
Key: E♭ Major



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