Thomas Cotterill (1779-1823) compiled several editions of Psalms and Hymns; his ninth edition, published in 1820, was virtually a new work and bore a different title, namely, A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship. One of his selections was this hymn by James Montgomery (1771-1854; see Biographies). 

The title of the hymn in the last revision is “Christ Our Example in Suffering,” which is borne out by the words of the last line in each stanza of SDAH: “Learn of Jesus Christ to pray, to bear the cross, and to die.” 

GETHSEMANE, so named because of the opening words, is also called PETRA (Rock) because it is so often associated with the words of the hymn “Rock of Ages.” It is prosaically called also REDHEAD NO. 76, for the simple reason that it is No. 76 in Richard Redhead’s Ancient Hymn Melodies and Other Church Tunes, 1853, a book that gave a tremendous stimulus to church music in the Anglican Church. Redhead, born March 1, 1820, was a boy chorister at Magdalen College, Oxford. From 1839 to 1864 he was the organist at Margaret Chapel in Cavendish Square, London. From 1864 to 1894, when he retired, he was organist at St. Mary Magdalene in Paddington. He was the editor of several other music books for use in the worship service of the church. He died on April 27, 1901, at Hellingly, Hailsham, Sussex.  Redhead also arranged, from an old French melody, the tune ORIENTIS PARTIBUS, SDAH 549.