"They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to the disciples, 'Sit here while I pray.'" Mark 14:32
Words: James Montgomery, in Selection of Psalms and Hymns, by Thomas Cotterill (London, England: 1820).
Music: "Redhead (Petra)," Richard Redhead, Church Hymn Tunes, Ancient and Modern (London, England: 1853)
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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.
See Him at the judgment hall, beaten, bound, reviled, arraigned;
O the wormwood and the gall! O the pangs His soul sustained!
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss; learn of Christ to bear the cross.
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.
Early hasten to the tomb where they laid His breathless clay;
All is solitude and gloom. Who has taken Him away?
Christ is risen! He meets our eyes; Savior, teach us so to rise.
