Voices Together ‎#317

317. Go to Dark Gethsemane

1 Go to dark Gethsemane,
ye that feel the tempter’s pow’r.
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 suff’ring, shame, or loss.
Learn of him to bear the cross.

3 Calv’ry’s mournful mountain climb.
There, adoring at this feet,
mark that miracle of time,
God’s own sacrifice complete.
“It is finished!” hear the cry.
Learn of Jesus Christ to die.

Text Information

• First Line: Go to dark Gethsemane
• Title: Go to Dark Gethsemane
• Author: James Montgomery
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  Matthew 26:36-75
  ;
  Matthew 27:11-54
  ;
  Mark 14:32-72
  ;
  Mark 15:1-39
  ;
  Luke 22:39-71
  ;
  Luke 23:1-49
  ;
  John 19:1-30
• Topic: Atonement; Discipleship; Holy Thursday; Jesus Christ: Death of; Obedience
• Source: Christian Psalmist, 1825

Tune Information

• Name: REDHEAD NO. 76 (GETHSEMANE)
• Composer: Richard Redhead
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Church Hymn Tunes, Ancient and Modern, 1853
• Notes: Chord symbols represent a simplified harmony.