The Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#102

102. 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 worm-wood and the gall!
O the pangs His soul sustained!
Shun not suff'ring, shame, or loss;
Learn of Him to bear the cross.

3 Calvary'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 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 (1825)
• Meter: 7 7, 7 7, 7 7.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1937
• Scripture:
  Matthew 26:57-68
  ;
  Matthew 27:33-54
  ;
  Matthew 28:1-10
• Topic: Church Year: Holy Week; Holy Week; Holy Thursday; Christ: Work of; Prayer; Resurrection of Christ

Tune Information

• Name: GETHSEMANE (REDHEAD 76)
• Composer: Richard Redhead (1853)
• Meter: 7 7, 7 7, 7 7.
• Key: E♭ Major