Go To Dark Gethsemane

Text by James Montgomery

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About this hymn

Date: 1820
Tune: Gethsemane
Composer: Richard Redhead
Key: Eb
Meter: 7 7 7 7 7 7

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Atonement, Christian Life, Cross, Darkness, Spiritual, Discipleship, Easter.

Mt 26:36-68 · 27:31-56 · 28:1-10 · Mk 14:32-65 · 15:20-39 · Lk 22:39-46 · 22:66-71 · 23:26-49 · 24:1-12 · Jn 19:16-30 · 20:1-18

Musical background

Gethsemane is presented in the source key of Eb, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: James Montgomery, 1820. Music: 'Gethsemane' or 'Petra' Richard Redhead, 1853. Setting: "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged" (Episcopal), 1896. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2011 Revision.