78. 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. A-men.

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
Author: James Montgomery, 1771 - 1854
Meter: 7 7, 7 7, 7 7.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1958
Topic: The Church Year: Holy Week; The Life In Christ: Conflict and Victory
Tune Information
Name: PETRA (REDHEAD NO. 76)
Composer: Richard Redhead, 1820 - 1901
Meter: 7 7, 7 7, 7 7.
Key: E♭ Major



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