Go to dark Gethsemane,
You who 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.
Follow to the judgment hall;
View the Lord of life arraigned;
O the worm-wood and the gall!
O the pangs His soul sustained!
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss;
Learn of Him to bear the cross.
Calvary’s mournful mountain climb
There adoring at His feet,
Mark the miracle of time,
God’s own sacrifice complete:
"It is finished!" Hear the 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 risen! He meets our eyes:
Saviour, teach us so to rise.
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Author:James Montgomery
Copyright:Public Domain
Bible References
Lamentations 3:19; Matthew 10-11; 16:24; 26-28; Mark 8:34; 14:1; 16:1-8; Luke 9:23; 14:27; 22-24; John 18:1; 1 Corinthians 15:22; Philippians 2-3; Colossians 4:2; Hebrews 2:18; 4-5; 12:1-3; 1 Peter 2; 4:12-13