Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Dark was the night and cold the ground
Topic: Agony in the Garden
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: Psalm 18
Page Number: 051, 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 pray'd,--
"Father, remove this bitter cup,
If such thy sacred will;
If not, content to drink it up,
Thy pleasure I fulfil."
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.