Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#384a

384a. 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 suff'ring, shame, or loss,
Learn of Him to bear the cross.

3 Calv'ry's mournful mountain climb,
There, adoring at His feet,
Mark the 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!
Savior, teach us so to rise.

Text Information

• First Line: Go to dark Gethsemane
• Author: James Montgomery (1820 and 1825)
• Meter: 7s. Six lines. No. 9
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: Second Sunday after Easter; Third Sunday after Trinity; Ninth Sunday after Trinity; Christian Life and Hope: The Walk of Godliness: Christian Resolve and Holiness

Tune Information

• Name: CALVARY (Macht dich, mein geist, bereit)
• Composer: Johann Rosenmüller (1655)
• Arranger: Stephen Jenks (ca. 1828)
• Meter: 7s. Six lines. No. 9
• Key: g minor