Hymn
Go to Dark Gethsemane
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.
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 suff'ring, shame or loss;
Learn of Him to bear the cross.
Calv'ry'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.
Early hasten to the tomb,
Where they laid His breathless clay;
All is solitude and gloom--
Who hath taken Him away?
Christ is ris'n, He meets our eyes!
Savior, teach us so to rise.
Go to Dark Gethsemane — Text from American Lutheran Hymnal, 1930. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/go-to-dark-gethsemane
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Go to Dark Gethsemane?
The words of Go to Dark Gethsemane were written by James Montgomery; the version here was published in 1930. The library holds 43 more hymns by James Montgomery, including In the Hour of Trial and We Bid Thee Welcome in the Name.
Is Go to Dark Gethsemane public domain?
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What is the metre of Go to Dark Gethsemane?
Go to Dark Gethsemane is in 7.7.7.7.7.7. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Every Morning Mercies New, How Much I Owe and The Privileges of the Sons of God.