Author: James Montgomery, 1771 - 1854 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #78 (1958) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Lyrics: 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. A-men.
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 clay;
All is solitude and gloom;
Who hath taken him away?
Christ is risen!--He meets our eyes;
Saviour, teach us so to rise.
Amen. Topics: The Church Year Holy Week; The Life In Christ Conflict and Victory Languages: English Tune Title: PETRA (REDHEAD NO. 76)
Go to dark Gethsemane