The words were written by Scottish-born Moravian editor, poet and hymn-writer James Montgomery (1771–1854), and first published in 1825.
With meter 77 77 77, tunes it is set to include:
- REDHEAD 76 - also known as PETRA, AJALON and GETHSEMANE- by Richard Redhead (1820-1901) - this is the original and most commonly used tune
- NICHT SO TRAURIG by Johann Sebastian Bach
- LA TROBE by Christian Ignatius LaTrobe
- ARFON - a Welsh tune
- OUSELEY by Frederick A. Gore Ouseley
- ASHBURTON by Robert Jackso
- DIX Kocher
- TOPLADY (Hastings)
- TICHFIELD (Richardson)
- GETHSEMANE (Tye) by Christopher Tye.
Downloads
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Examples
Choir and congregation with organ:
Singer with very light self-accompaniment on guitar:
Contemporary singer with band - country style:
Choir with organ:
Lyrics
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.
Follow to the judgement hall;
View the Lord of life arraigned;
O the worm-wood 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 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 ris'n! He meets our eyes:
Saviour, teach us so to rise.
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