| Text: | Go to dark Gethsemane |
| Author: | James Montgomery |
| Tune: | REDHEAD No. 76 |
| Composer: | Richard Redhead |
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 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 ris'n!--He meets our eyes:
Saviour, teach us so to rise.
Amen.
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | Go to dark Gethsemane |
| Author: | James Montgomery (1820, 1825) |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1917 |
| Topic: | The Church Year: Holy Week |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | REDHEAD No. 76 |
| Composer: | Richard Redhead (1853) |
| Meter: | 7 7, 7 7, 7 7 |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |