331. 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 how 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 how to die.

Text Information
First Line: Go to dark Gethsemane
Author: James Montgomery
Publication Date: 1886
Topic: Christ: Sufferings and Death
Tune Information
Name: GETHSEMANE
Composer: Richard Redhead
Meter: 7s, 6L
Key: D Major
Notes: Alternate tunes: #1114, 244, or 299.



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