Hymn
Dark Was the Night
Dark was the night, and cold the ground
On which the Lord was laid;
His sweat like drops of blood ran down,
In agony he prayed:
2"Father, remove this bitter cup,
If such thy sacred will;
If not, content to drink it up,
Thy pleasure I fulfill."
Go the the garden, sinner, see
Those precious drops that flow;
The heavy load he bore for thee,
For thee he lies so low.
Then learn of him the cross to bear,
Thy Father's will obey;
And, when temptations press thee near,
Awake to watch and pray.
Dark Was the Night — Text from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, 1886. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/dark-was-the-night
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Dark Was the Night?
The words of Dark Was the Night were written by Thomas Haweis; the version here was published in 1886. The library holds 3 more hymns by Thomas Haweis, including Exulting in the Favor of God and O Thou, From Whom All Goodness Flows.
Is Dark Was the Night public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, published in 1886. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of Dark Was the Night?
Dark Was the Night is in Common Metre (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Come, let us to the Lord our God, Now that the Sun Is Beaming Bright and The Prospect Joyous.