Name: In The Garden
Channel: James Wason (both)
Description: I have wondered for a long time what prayer Jesus made that final night. Perhaps this one. For most of my songs I wrote the poem first, sometimes many years before the music. But this time I wrote the music first -- then the words came.

In The Garden

W Richard St James

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I have wondered for a long time what prayer Jesus made that final night. Perhaps this one. For most of my songs I wrote the poem first, sometimes many years before the music. But this time I wrote the music first -- then the words came.

jesus salvation prayer garden of gesthemane

W Richard St James

Contemporary classical, new age, acoustic piano music AND SONGS!

I didnt discover I could write music until I was nearly forty. Those were my road warrior days, and there was a hotel in Atlanta with a piano in the atrium where I used to give impromptu concerts. My musical training was as a classical pianist, and I thought of my music then as being in that genre (although they were very popular. People used to hang off the balconies in the evening listening to me play).. When I retired, I started to write novels. When I published the first one, I mentioned in the biography that I was also a composer. On a whim, I recorded some of my music and sent it to the editor. Shes a big rock fan, but she loved my soothing piano music. So, here are some pieces for you to (hopefully) enjoy. You can find my novels, also, under my pen name (W Richard St. James) at clublighthousepublishing.com . Youll see that the music may be mellow, but the books are very spicy!

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Folk

Charts

#1,136 today Peak #51

#306 in subgenre Peak #8

Author

James Wason (both)

Rights

2020

Uploaded

March 22, 2021

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MP3 5.4 MB • 148 kbps • 5:07

Story behind the song

I had been thinking about this song for a while before it finally came to me, the music first and then the words.  I recently added the orchestral setting.

Lyrics

IN THE GARDEN, IN THE NIGHT,
BLOSSOMS TREMBLE SWEETLY IN THE SILVER LIGHT.
WRAPPED IN FLOWERS, MORTALS SLEEP,
PRAYING FOR SALVATION THE REDEEMER NOW WEEPS.
GENTLE INSECTS COUNT THE FINAL HOURS. 

FATHER LET THIS CUP BE TAKEN. 
GRANT ME THE SHELTER OF THY GRACE. 
WITH LOVE MELT THEIR HEARTS SO THEIR ANGER IS SHAKEN. 
HEAL THEIR SOULS WITH YOUR POWER SHOW YOUR SHINING FACE. 

LORD, WE ARE LOST IN PAIN, WAITING FOR THE HOUR, 
WHEN YOU SHOW YOUR FACE, WHEN YOU SHOW YOUR POWER, 
LET ME RISE LIKE THE SUN, 
IN THE GRACE OF MY GENTLE REIGN, 
ALL HEARTS WILL FLOWER, BUT THY WILL, 
BUT THY WILL, BUT THY WILL, THY WILL BE DONE. 

IN THE GARDEN, HE HAS GONE, 
THE BIRDS SWEETLY SINGING WAKE TO THE BITTER DAWN. 
WORDS OF LOVE GOD HAS SPOKEN, 
MEN IN THEIR PRIDE DENY. 
THOUGH THE BODY IS BROKEN, 
GOD'S LOVE NEVER DIES GOD'S LOVE NEVER DIES, 
GOD'S LOVE NEVER DIES, GOD'S LOVE NEVER DIES. 

WORDS THAT WE MUST CHERISH, 
LOVE WILL NEVER PERISH. 
THROUGH THE DARKNESS 
LOVE WILL NEVER DIE.

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