GARDEN

Composer: C. Austin Miles

Charles Austin Miles (1868-1946) Born: Jan­u­a­ry 7, 1868, Lake­hurst, New Jer­sey. Died: March 10, 1946, Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia. Buried: Hill­crest Me­mor­i­al Park, Sew­ell, New Jer­sey. Pseudonym: A. A. Payn. Miles at­tende­d the Phil­a­del­phia Coll­ege of Phar­ma­cy and the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Penn­syl­van­ia. In 1892, he aban­don­ed his ca­reer as a phar­ma­cist and wrote his first Gos­pel song, “List ’Tis Je­sus’ Voice” which was pub­lished by the Hall-Mack Com­pa­ny. He served as ed­i­tor and man­a­ger at the Hall-Mack pub­lish­ers for 37 years. In his own words: It is as a writ­er of gos­pel songs I am proud to be known, for in that way I may be of the most… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Composer: C. Austin Miles (1912)
Meter: Irregular
Incipit: 55345 123__ _____
Key: A♭ Major

Texts

In the garden

I come to the garden alone,
While the dew is still on the roses,
And the voice I hear falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses.
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Media

Baptist Hymnal 1991 #187
Text: In the Garden
Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #428
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
Timeless Truths #962
Text: In the Garden
Worship and Rejoice #300
Text: In the Garden

Instances

Instances (15)TextImageAudioScore
African American Heritage Hymnal #494Image
Baptist Hymnal 1991 #187TextImageAudioScore
Baptist Hymnal 2008 #476TextImage
Celebrating Grace Hymnal #200Image
Celebration Hymnal #635Image
Chalice Hymnal #227Text
Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #428AudioScore
Hymns of Faith #19TextImage
Lift Every Voice and Sing II: an African American hymnal #69Text
Sing Joyfully #267TextImage
The New Century Hymnal #237Image
The United Methodist Hymnal #314TextImage
The Worshiping Church #242TextImage
Worship and Rejoice #300TextImageAudioScore
Worship in Song: A Friends Hymnal #121