Hymns and a Few Metrical Psalms (2nd ed.) ‎#59

59. O the agonizing prayer

I. O the agonizing prayer
Rising on the midnight air!
"Let this cup pass from thy Son:
Not my will, but thine be done!"
Jesus in Gethsemane!

II. O the tears and bloody sweat
Falling fast on Olivet!
In thy lonely agony,
Shedding crimson tears for me,
Jesus in Gethsemane!

III. O what wrath of earth and hell
On thy head unpitying fell,
When Thy passion-time began,
Bearer of the sin of man,
Jesus in Gethsemane!

IV. Sorrow none had ever known
Came upon thy soul alone:
While its billows o'er thee swept,
Near at hand thy followers slept,
Jesus in Gethsemane!

V. Waken me from sinful sleep:
Faithful, loving, make me keep,
Watching every hour with thee
Who didst agonize for me,
Jesus in Gethsemane!

VI Crimson'd once, but beauteous now,
O what glory crowns thy brow!
All the world shall bend the knee,
Lord triumphant! unto thee,
Conqueror in Gethsemane!

Text Information

• First Line: O the agonizing prayer
• Meter: 7's.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1889
• Scripture:
  Matthew 26:36
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane. Matt. xxvi. 36.

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