Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#93a

93a. 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 ris'n!--He meets our eyes:
Saviour, teach us so to rise.

Amen.

Text Information

• 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.