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Hymn 296

Go to dark Gethsemane

Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7.

Scripture: Matthew 26:36

1

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.

2

Follow to the judgement-hall;

View the Lord of life 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 hath taken Him away?

Christ is risen! He meets our eyes:

Savior, teach us so to rise.