Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Beyond where Cedron's waters flow
Topic: Christ/Life and Ministry
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 8 8 6 8 8
Tune: Gethsemane
Hymn Number: 109
Page Number: 043, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBeyond where Cedron's waters flow,
Behold the suffering Savior go,
To sad Gethsemane;
His countenance is all divine,
Yet grief appears in every line.
He bows beneath the sins of men;
He cries to God, and cries again,
In sad Gethsemane:
He lifts his mournful eyes above--
"My Father, can this cup remove?"
With gentle resignation still,
He yielded to his Father's will
In sad Gethsemane:
"Behold me here, thine only Son;
And, Father, let thy will be done."
The Father heard; and angels there
Sustained the Son of God in prayer,
In sad Gethsemane:
He drank the dreadful cup of pain--
Then rose to life and joy again.
When storms of sorrow round us sweep,
And scenes of anguish make us weep,
To sad Gethsemane
We'll look and see the Savior there,
And humbly bow, like him, in prayer.