The Presbyterian Hymnal ‎#97

97. Go to Dark Gethsemane

1 Go to dark Gethsemane,
All that feel the tempter’s power;
Your Redeemer’s conflict see,
Watch with Him one bitter hour;
Turn not from His griefs away,
Learn from 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 from Christ to bear the cross.

3 Calvary’s mournful mountain climb;
There, adoring at His feet,
Mark the miracle of time,
God’s own sacrifice complete;
“It is finished!” hear Him cry;
Learn from Jesus Christ to die.

4 Early hasten to the tomb
Where they laid His breathless clay:
All is solitude and gloom.
Who has taken Him away?
Christ is risen! He meets our eyes.
Savior, teach us so to rise.

Text Information

• First Line: Go to dark Gethsemane
• Title: Go to Dark Gethsemane
• Author: James Montgomery (1820, 1825; alt.)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1990
• Scripture:
  Matthew 26:36-39
  ;
  Mark 14:32-42
  ;
  Mark 15:1
  ;
  Luke 22:39-46
  ;
  John 19:30

Tune Information

• Name: REDHEAD 76
• Composer: Richard Redhead (1853)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7
• Key: E♭ Major