Hymnal for Church and Home ‎#112

112. Go To Dark Gethsemane

1 Go to dark Gethsemane,
Ye that feel the tempter's pow'r;
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 Calv'ry's mournful mountain climb,
There, adoring at His feet,
Mark that miracle of time,
God's own sacrifice complete;
"It is finish'd," 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 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: J. Montgomery (1825)
• Meter: 7s. 6L.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1927
• Topic: Passion and Easter

Tune Information

• Name: [Go to dark Gethsemane]
• Composer: R. Redhead (1853)
• Meter: 7s. 6L.
• Key: E♭ Major