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.

And He walks with me, and He talks with me,

And He tells me I am His own;

And the joy we share as we tarry there,

None other has ever known.

He speaks, and the sound of His voice,

Is so sweet the birds hush their singing,

And the melody that He gave to me

Within my heart is ringing.

And He walks with me, and He talks with me,

And He tells me I am His own;

And the joy we share as we tarry there,

None other has ever known.

I'd stay in the garden with Him

Though the night around me be falling,

But He bids me go; through the voice of woe

His voice to me is calling

And He walks with me, and He talks with me,

And He tells me I am His own;

And the joy we share as we tarry there,

None other has ever known.

"In The Garden"
(1912)
C. Austin Miles
(1868-1946) 

The Story Behind The Song

The inspiration for this beautiful hymn came from the composer
remembering the story of the greatest morning in the history of the world,
when a grieving Mary Magdalene came early in the morning to the tomb.
  
"The first day of the week," Miles wrote, cometh Mary Magdalene
early, while it was yet very dark, unto the sepulcher.  Instantly,
completely, there unfolded in my mind the scenes of the garden
of Joseph...Out of the mists of the garden comes a form,
halting, hesitating, tearful, seeking, turning from side to side
in bewildering amazement.  Falteringly, bearing grief in
every accent, with tear-dimmed eyes, she whispers,
"If Thou hast born Him hence..."

He speaks, and the sound of his voice is so sweet the birds
hush their singing."  Jesus says to her, "Mary!"

Just one word from his lips, and forgotten are the
heartaches, the long dreary hours...all the past blotted
out in the presence of the Living Present and Eternal Future."

"In The Garden"

(1967)

Elvis Presley

From the album,

"How Great Thou Art"

RCA Records/Sony Music