Go To Dark Gesthemane  

Words: James Montgomery, 1820

Music:    Richard Redhead, 1853
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 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  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.

 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 has taken Him away?
    Christ is risen! He meets our eyes; 
       Savior, teach us so to rise.  

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