Gethsemane
Music for Women, Submitted Music (2007-2011)
Gethsemane lay still and dark; creation watched in silent awe
As Jesus suffered His Father’s will to satisfy unyielding law.
He knelt in earnest prayer alone. His friends, o’ercome with sorrow, slept.
Beneath the burden of grief, He groaned; beneath the weight of sin he wept,
And with his blood so freely spent, He bought my soul; He paid my debt.
What work of love was wrought for me in the stillness of Gethsemane!
“This bitter cup wilt thou remove? Yet not my will, but Thine be done.”
Behold His anguish, and weep anew for love of Christ, the sinless one.
With His wounds my own are healed; my ev’ry pain o’ercome in His,
My shame, my weakness, my grief untold find ranson in His priceless gift.
For with his blood so freely spent, He bought my soul; He paid my debt.
What work of love was wrought for me in the stillness of Gethsemane!
Text: Sally DeFord
Music: Sally DeFord
Album: Submitted Music (2007-2011)
Composition Date: 2009
More Info: CMS 2009