Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) ‎#120

120. 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 arraign'd;
Oh, the wormwood and the gall!
Oh, the pangs His soul sustain'd!
Shun not suff'ring, shame, or loss;
Learn of Him to bear the cross.

3 Calv'ry'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.

Text Information

• First Line: Go to dark Gethsemane
• Meter: 7s.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1870
• Topic: Christ: a Pattern; Example: of Christ; Following Christ; Gethsemane; Imitiation: of Christ; Likeness to God and Christ; Christ our Pattern
• Notes: Author from index: Montgomery

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