Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
"In the Garden" is a gospel song by American songwriter C. Austin Miles. He was a former pharmacist who served as editor and manager at Hall-Mack publishers for 37 years. The song is sometimes also titled by the first line "I Come to the Garden Alone."
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." Which seems a perfect example of finding hope and inspiration in the things you are missing.
These videos are filmed in the historic Clam Harbour United Church at Memory Lane Heritage Village, and feature vocals by Rowan Wilson-Henkelmann, with Pearl Akers on pump organ. The series brings to life the Sunday sounds of our rural coastal communities in Nova Scotia in the early part of the 20th century. This church was situated in the centre of the Clam Harbour community during the 1940s and is available to the public to rent for weddings, funerals, and concerts (once COVID restrictions ease).
"In the Garden" is a gospel song by American songwriter C. Austin Miles. He was a former pharmacist who served as editor and manager at Hall-Mack publishers for 37 years. The song is sometimes also titled by the first line "I Come to the Garden Alone."
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." Which seems a perfect example of finding hope and inspiration in the things you are missing.
These videos are filmed in the historic Clam Harbour United Church at Memory Lane Heritage Village, and feature vocals by Rowan Wilson-Henkelmann, with Pearl Akers on pump organ. The series brings to life the Sunday sounds of our rural coastal communities in Nova Scotia in the early part of the 20th century. This church was situated in the centre of the Clam Harbour community during the 1940s and is available to the public to rent for weddings, funerals, and concerts (once COVID restrictions ease).
