They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to the disciples,
Matthew 26:36Sit here while I pray.
Words: James Montgomery, in Selection of Psalms and Hymns, by Thomas Cotterill (London: 1820).
Music: Redhead Richard Redhead, Church Hymn Tunes, Ancient and Modern (London: 1853) (🔊 pdf nwc).
Alternate Tune:
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;
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.
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 ris’n! He meets our eyes;
Savior, teach us so to rise.