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Go to Dark Gethsemane
James Montgomery, 1820, 1825
Richard Redhead, 1853

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.

Follow to the judgment hall; View the Lord of life arraigned.
O the wormwood and the gall!  O the pangs His soul sustained!
Shun not suff'ring, shame or loss; Learn of Him, to bear the cross.

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 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 hath taken Him away?
Christ is ris'n!  He meets our eyes.  Savior, teach us so to rise.