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
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
I'd stay in the garden with Him
'Tho the night around me is falling
But He bids me go; through the voice of woe
His voice to me is calling
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
詩歌的作者
這首詩歌的作者麥爾斯C. Austin Miles (1868-1955), 生於美國新澤西州的雷克赫斯特Lakehurst,在十六歲時原想接受教牧的訓練以期可事奉主,但因環境所逼,只好在費城的藥物學院與賓州大學接受教育,攻讀藥學,畢業後在藥房當了許多年的藥劑師;業餘他勤讀聖經,並在教會領唱,他也愛好攝影,自設暗房沖洗照片。
在一八九二年,麥爾斯寫了第一首聖詩,帶去奮興會試唱,獲得眾人的讚賞,並蒙費城賀麥出版公司(Hall-Mack Publishing)採用,他意識到神要他以詩歌來見證祂,所以不久就放棄原來的工作,轉業為音樂出版者,並繼續編寫詩歌,一八九八年他受聘於賀麥公司,擔任編輯和經理達三十七年之久,從事推廣福音聖詩的事工,他自己也成為教會與佈道會著名的音樂指揮。
除了這首「 在花園裡」之外,麥爾斯也寫了不少的詩歌,其中最為燴炙人口的有「 更加甘甜Still Sweeter Everyday」、「 主耶穌若同行If. Jesus Goes With Me」、「 住在佳美聖城Dwelling In Beulah Land」等等。