The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal ‎#154

154. 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 See him at the judgment hall,
beaten, bound, reviled, arraigned;
O the wormwood and the gall!
O the pangs his soul sustained!
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss;
learn of Christ 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 has taken him away?
Christ is risen! He meets our eyes;
Savior, teach us so to rise.

Text Information

• First Line: Go to dark Gethsemane
• Title: Go To Dark Gethsemane
• Author: James Montgomery (1820, 1825, alt.)
• Meter: 77 77 77 77
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Topic: Christ's Passion

Tune Information

• Name: REDHEAD
• Composer: Richard Redhead (1853)
• Meter: 77 77 77 77
• Key: E♭ Major