Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Dark was the night and cold the ground
Topic: Christ/Sufferings and Death
Writer: Unknown Unknown
Composer: P Dayhoff
Meter: CM
Tune: Adullam
Hymn Number: 280
Page Number: 092, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsDARK was the night, and cold the ground
On which the Lord was laid;
His sweat, like drops of blood, ran down,
In agony he prayed:
"Father, remove this bitter cup,
If such thy sacred will;
If not, content to drink it up,
Thy pleasure I fulfill."
Go to the garden, sinner; see
Those precious drops that flow,
The heavy load he bore for thee-
For thee he lies so low.
Then learn of him the cross to bear;
Thy Father's will obey;
And when temptations press thee near,
Awake to watch and pray.