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About this Hymn
James Montgomery's narrative text places us in the midst of Christ's movement toward the crucifixion. The writer asks us to watch Jesus in the garden, as with his disciples, "one bitter hour," to observe his trial, to mark his journey to the cross, to hear him cry "It is finished," and to witness his death—and then to rejoice at his glorious rising.
Lyrics
Verse 1
Go to dark Gethsemane, you who 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.
Verse 2
Follow to the judgment hall; view the Lord of life arraigned; see the wormwood and the gall! See the pangs his soul sustained! Shun not suff'ring, shame, or loss; learn of him to bear the cross.
Verse 3
Calv'ry's mournful mountain climb; there, adoring at his feet, mark that miracle of time, God's own sacrifice complete. "It is finished!" hear the cry; learn of Jesus Christ to die.
Verse 4
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.
Go to dark Gethsemane, you who 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.
Verse 2
Follow to the judgment hall; view the Lord of life arraigned; see the wormwood and the gall! See the pangs his soul sustained! Shun not suff'ring, shame, or loss; learn of him to bear the cross.
Verse 3
Calv'ry's mournful mountain climb; there, adoring at his feet, mark that miracle of time, God's own sacrifice complete. "It is finished!" hear the cry; learn of Jesus Christ to die.
Verse 4
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.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: James Montgomery, 1820, rev. 1825
Music: Richard Redhead, 1853
Music: Richard Redhead, 1853