Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes ‎#240

240. 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;
Oh, the wormwood and the gall!
Oh, 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 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 (1822)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1899
• Topic: Calvary; Christ: Passion of; Conformity to Christ; Gethsemane; Lent
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: PILOT
• Composer: John E. Gould
• Meter: 7s, 6l.
• Notes: Public Domain.