Evangelical Lutheran Worship ‎#347

347. Go to Dark Gethsemane

1 Go to dark Gethsemane,
all who feel the tempter’s pow'r;
your Redeemer’s conflict see.
Watch with him one bitter hour;
turn not from his griefs away;
learn from Jesus Christ to pray.

2 Follow to the judgment hall,
view the Lord of life arraigned;
oh, the wormwood and the gall!
Oh, the pangs his soul sustained!
Shun not suff'ring, shame, or loss;
learn from 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 from 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 ris'n! He meets our eyes.
Savior, teach us so to rise.

Text Information

• First Line: Go to dark Gethsemane
• Title: Go to Dark Gethsemane
• Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854
• Meter: 7 7 7 7 7 7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2006
• Topic: Holy Week, Three Days

Tune Information

• Name: GETHSEMANE
• Composer: Richard Redhead, 1820-1901
• Meter: 7 7 7 7 7 7
• Key: E♭ Major