Shakesthegrounds Rumblings

[Ellemeno]

(page 156...)

IN THE GARDEN
Words & Music: C. Austin Miles, 1868-1946

I come to the garden alone
While the dew is still on the roses
And the voice I hear falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses.

Refrain

And He walks with me, and He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own;
And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known.

He speaks, and the sound of His voice,
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing,
And the melody that He gave to me
Within my heart is ringing.

Refrain

I?d stay in the garden with Him
Though the night around me be falling,
But He bids me go; through the voice of woe
His voice to me is calling.

Refrain

Now I have checked out C. Austin Miles, he has living descendants, so he was not an old bachelor living in a an apartment over a butcher in Philly. But the words, read them with an open mind, what love he has. How many men have sang them on sunday, standing next to their wives and families, concentrating on Jesus, and blocking out  whoever it is they are trying not to remember.

Or maybe it is my over active imagination, wanting to rewrite history and make everthing a little bent. What do you think?

Yes, I think everything IS a little bent.

Elvis:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4YqAs40E2o[/youtube]

[Ellemeno]

That was my mother's favorite hymn.  Mother was raised in a small denomination that became a part of the current United Methodist Church. She always said she wanted it "sung" at her funeral. When she died very unexectedly, our Lutheran pastor dug it out of the Methodist hymnal, but when he asked about singing it, I didn't think my dad and I could stand that without falling apart, so we just had the pastor read the lyrics from the pulpit. Just plain gutless, I guess. ...

Sorry, Mother. ... 

Jeff, if I know you adored and revered your mother, she surely knows it too. 

[Ellemeno]

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Proud of you, Tru. 

[Ellemeno]

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You know that is an idea, Chuck, have you ever heard of the Radical Fairies?

Truman, when I was living in community, I met some wonderful people from Short Mountain Sanctuary in Tennessee.  Have you heard of them?

http://directory.ic.org/records/?action=view&page=view&record_id=1068

(I enjoyed this way of spending an evening.  All caught up now.  Took me off and on for four effin years hours.) 


My last thought for the night here - make it an All Boy Weekend.  I do All Girl things.  It's different, and good.

[Kelda]

You can't keep up either!?! heh. the boys are doing a Lashawn - talking a blioe streak.

[Shakesthecoffecan]

Doin' a LaShawn, I think you got something there! Wow Elle, thanks for those videos, and I love your sig banner! Happy Days!

[Shakesthecoffecan]

For Curt, thank you for all the wonderful memories, rest in peace.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5xjBsIImws[/youtube]

[Shakesthecoffecan]

Truman, I haven't been reading the blogs for about a month, so it's time to check in.  Holy cannoli - I left off reading your blog September 16th, on page 124.  And now it's up to 208.  WTF!  I will catch up, but it's gonna take a while.  Hope everything's okay.  Love, Clarissa

Yeah, everthing is good, I am gone see Lynne tomorry! And I know, too much fertilizer around here, it is out of control! I rmemeber mentioning in Alberta I was up to 100 pages. Whew!

[CellarDweller]

never enough fertilizer!

It helps things to grow.....in this case.....ideas and conversation.

[jstephens9]

Right, I were confused. I remember that female development was something I closely monitored. Why I dunno.

I didn't really so much, but I do remember this one girl in high school that liked me and she had lopsided ones. Leave it to me to have someone lopsided that liked me. Then I remember this other girl, but don't really remember too much about hers. I just remember having a party and she was throwing pool balls at these other girls that she thought liked me. It didn't feel good to that one girl who got hit with the cue ball. The funny thing is that all I was interested in was Dennis, the guy that was spending the night with me. I don't know why since we just went to sleep. I was scared back then to have anything to do with anybody so I turned him down For some reason I thought he would tell everybody. Oh well.