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To: blue-duncan

Here is the testimony of the writer.

Words & Music: C. Aus­tin Miles, March 1912 (

"I read…the sto­ry of the great­est morn in his­to­ry: “The first day of the week 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 borne him hence”… “He speaks, and the sound of His voice is so sweet the birds hush their sing­ing.” Je­sus said to her, “Mary!”

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


Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
John 20:15


392 posted on 01/11/2006 6:14:09 PM PST by Full Court (Keepers at home, do you think it's optional?)
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To: Full Court

Then the hymn should say "She comes to the garden alone". Not only is it in its present form bad theology it is error and leads people into the error of thinking that Jesus is not at the right hand of the Father making intercession, but "walking" with us and talking with us.


394 posted on 01/11/2006 6:30:48 PM PST by blue-duncan
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