Text: | Down in the Garden |
Author: | W. H. L. |
Tune: | [Hushed by the shadows dark and drear] |
Composer: | H. R. Jeffrey |
1 Hushed by the shadows dark and drear,
The feathered songsters rest;
All earth in slumber doth appear,
But Christ, earth’s heav’nly Guest.
Refrain:
Down in the garden hear the mournful sound,
There in the darkness on the dewy ground,
While the watchers they were sleeping,
Was Jesus praying, weeping,
Was Jesus praying, weeping.
2 With nature’s mantle, night’s dark pall,
Beneath those garden trees,
He wrestled nobly for us all,
From sin, man to release. [Refrain]
3 Sin’s loathsome weight He bore in sweat,
That oozed in bloody flow;
Ignoble shame was His, and yet
He meekly suffered so. [Refrain]
4 For sinful mortals, rich and poor,
He fought hell’s legions fierce;
Abased, He won the vict’ry sure,
Though pangs His soul did pierce. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Hushed by the shadows dark and drear |
Title: | Down in the Garden |
Author: | W. H. L. (1911) |
Refrain First Line: | Down in the garden hear the mournful sound |
Meter: | 8.6.8.6.10.10.8.7.7 |
Scripture: | |
Source: | Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Down_in_the_Garden); Faith Publishing House, Echoes from Heaven, 1976 (34); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (384) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Hushed by the shadows dark and drear] |
Composer: | H. R. Jeffrey (1911) |
Meter: | 8.6.8.6.10.10.8.7.7 |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Source: | Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Down_in_the_Garden); Faith Publishing House, Echoes from Heaven, 1976 (34); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (384) |