Hymns of the Lutheran Church

304 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 the 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. Savior, teach us so to rise.

Text Information

Author
J. Montgomery, 1815

Tune Information

Name
Gethsemane
Meter
7s. 6l.
Source
R. Redhead, 1853