Skip to content

A copy of Advent Hymnals. Open this page on adventhymnals.org →

Advent Hymnals

Hymns and Tunes 1886 331

Gethsemane

Words: James MontgomeryMusic: Richard RedheadTune: 7s. 6L.

Studio

1Go 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 how to pray.

2Follow to 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 him to bear the cross.

3Calvary'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 him how to die.

Public Domain

The verse

Meter
43
Foot
dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 34% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
Scan every line

/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

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 how to pray./˘/???/˘/˘??/˘˘???/˘//˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/43A

Verse 2

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 suffering, shame, or loss; Learn of him to bear the cross./˘˘˘???/˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘/43A

Verse 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 of him how to die./˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘˘˘////˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘/42A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.