Methodist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#99

99. 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;
O the wormwood and the gall!
O 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
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
• Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Cross of; Christ: Sufferings of; Cross: Bearing the; Gethsemane; Prayer: For Deliverance; Sufferings of Christ; Suffering: For Christ's; Temptation

Tune Information

• Name: HOLLING
• Composer: T. E. Holling, 1867-
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7
• Key: F Major or modal