The Hymnbook ‎#193

193. 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 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 risen! He meets our eyes.
Saviour, teach us so to rise.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Go to dark Gethsemane
• Title: Go to Dark Gethsemane
• Author: James Montgomery (1820, 1825)
• Meter: 7. 7. 7. 7. 7. 7.
• Publication Date: 1955
• Scripture:
  Matthew 16:24
  ;
  Philippians 3:10
  ;
  1 Peter 2:21
• Topic: Christ: Gethsemane; Christ: Passion; Christ: Atonement; Christ: Example; Christ: Teacher; Devotion; Discipleship; Jesus Christ: His Passion and Atonement

Tune Information

• Name: REDHEAD, NO. 76
• Composer: Richard Redhead (1853)
• Meter: 7. 7. 7. 7. 7. 7.
• Key: E♭ Major