american songwriter c. austin miles wrote i come to the garden alone hymn.
who wrote i come to the garden alone hymn?
american songwriter c. austin miles
"in the garden" (sometimes rendered by its first line "i come to the garden alone" is a gospel song written by american songwriter c. austin miles (1868–1946), a former pharmacist who served as editor and manager at hall-mack publishers for 37 years. according to miles' great-granddaughter, the song was written "in a cold, dreary and leaky basement in pitman, new jersey that didn't even have a window in it let alone a view of a garden." the song was first published in 1912 and popularized during the billy sunday evangelistic campaigns of the early twentieth century by two members of his staff, homer rodeheaver and virginia asher.
in the garden (1912 song)
the song is included on johnny cash's 5-cd box set "cash unearthed", released posthumously in november, 2003, and featured on disc 4, "my mother's hymn book". this collection of gospel songs was released as a stand-alone disc six months later.









































the avett brothers regularly sing this song as an encore at their concerts.









































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i come to the garden alone,br









































while the dew is still on the roses;br









































and the voice i hear, falling on my ear,br









































the son of god discloses.









































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"and he walks with me, and he talks with me,br
in the garden (1912 song)