Author: James Montgomery 1771-1854
Go to dark gethsemane,
you that feel the tempter’s power;
your Redeemer’s conflict see,
watch with him one bitter hour;
turn not from his griefs away:
learn from Jesus Christ to pray.
2. Follow to the judgement-hall,
view the Lord of life arraigned;
see him meekly bearing all;
O the pangs his soul sustained!
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss:
learn from him 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 from Jesus Christ to die.
4. Early hasten to the tomb
where his lifeless form once lay;
all is solitude and gloom;
who has taken him away?
Christ is risen! He meets our eyes:
Saviour, teach us so to rise.
Scriptures: Romans 6:4-5, Hebrews 12:2, Hebrews 13:12-13, Hebrews 10:12, Matthew 28:1-8, Matthew 16:24, Mark 8:34, Luke 9:23, John 20:1-18, Luke 14:27, 1 Corinthians 15:20, Luke 22:39-46, Hebrews 9:26, Matthew 26:36-46, Mark 14:32-42, Isaiah 50:6, Luke 24:1-8, Mark 16:1-8, Isaiah 53:3-4, Matthew 10:38, Matthew 27:1-50, Mark 15:1-37, Luke 23:1-46, John 18:28-40, John 19:1-30