Sacred Poems and Hymns 60. Go to dark Gethsemane

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Sacred Poems and Hymns‎#60

Text:	Go to dark Gethsemane
Author:	James Montgomery

60. Go to dark Gethsemane

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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.

Follow to the judgment-hall;
View the Lord of Life arraign'd;
O the wormwood and the gall!
O the pangs His soul sustain'd!
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss;
Learn of Him to bear the cross.

Calvary's mournful mountain climb,
There, adoring at His feet,
Mark that miracle of time,
God's own sacrifice complete:
It is finish'd;"--hear the cry;
Learn of Jesus Christ to die.

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
Title:	Go to dark Gethsemane
Author:	James Montgomery
Meter:	7.7.7.7.7.7
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1854
Topic:	Calvary; Christ: our example in suffering; Gethsemane
Notes:	Public Domain.