In the darkened shade of the garden trees

In the darkened shade of the garden trees

Author: John R. Clements
Tune: [In the darkened shade of the garden trees]
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1 In the darkened shade of the garden trees;
My Master and Lord is on bended knees;
He prays and He pleads in that hour alone.
Forsaken by all He had called His own.

Refrain:
Gethsemane! Gethsemane!
The place of my Saviour’s agony,
I bow in tears o’er His love for me,
Gethsemane! Gethsemane!

2 In the darkened shade of that garden slope,
Was born on that day a lost world’s hope;
When Jesus, the Christ, put Himself aside,
And drank to the dregs of the cup supplied. [Refrain]

3 In the darkened shade of that vale of tears,
A light from His wonderful love appears;
The Saviour who suffered and prayed alone,
Brings comforting peace, to the world unknown. [Refrain]

Source: Alexander's Hymns No. 4 #197

Author: John R. Clements

John R. Clements was born in County Armagh, Ireland 28 November 1868 and was brought to the United States at the age of two years. He worked at the age of thirteen as a retail grocery clerk and had a successful wholesale grocery business. He began writing poetry when he was young. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line: In the darkened shade of the garden trees
Author: John R. Clements
Refrain First Line: Gethsemane, Gethsemane
Copyright: Public Domain

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Alexander's Hymns No. 4 #197

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