Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Beyond where Cedron's waters flow
Topic: Christ/Sufferings
Writer: S Smith
Composer:
Meter: PM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 164
Page Number: 101, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBeyond where Cedron's waters flow,
Behold the suffering Saviour 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 Saviour there,
And humbly bow, like him, in prayer.