Go to Dark Gethsemane

Go to Dark Gethsemane

Text written in 1820 by James Montgomery

Sung to GETHSEMANE, composed in 1853 by Richard Redhead (1820-1901)

Matthew 26:36, 40, 41 Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”  Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter. “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

V. 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.

Matthew 27:9, 26, 27 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel....Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.  Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. 

V. 2 See Him at the judgment hall,

Beaten, bound, reviled, arraigned;

See Him meekly bearing all;

Love to man His soul sustained;

Shun not suffering, shame, or loss;

Learn of Christ to bear the cross.

John 19:30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

V. 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.