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The Beautiful Garden of Prayer

Author: Eleanor Allen Schroll Meter: 10.9.10.9 with refrain Appears in 85 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: There's a garden where Jesus is waiting Refrain First Line: O the beautiful garden, the garden of prayer

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BEAUTIFUL GARDEN

Meter: 10.9.10.9 with refrain Appears in 60 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: James H. Fillmore, 1849-1936 Hymnal Title: African American Heritage Hymnal Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 34535 61653 12312 Used With Text: The Beautiful Garden of Prayer

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The beautiful garden of prayer

Author: Eleanor Allen Schroll Hymnal: A Hymnal for Joyous Youth #166 (1927) Hymnal Title: A Hymnal for Joyous Youth First Line: There's a garden where Jesus is waiting Refrain First Line: O the beautiful garden, the garden of prayer Languages: English Tune Title: [There's a garden where Jesus is waiting]
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The Beautiful Garden of Prayer

Author: Eleanor Allen Schroll, fl.1920 Hymnal: African American Heritage Hymnal #425 (2001) Meter: 10.9.10.9 with refrain Hymnal Title: African American Heritage Hymnal First Line: There's a garden where Jesus is waiting Refrain First Line: O the beautiful garden, the garden of prayer Lyrics: 1 There’s a garden where Jesus is waiting, There’s a place that is wondrously fair, For it glows with the light of His presence - ’Tis that beautiful garden of prayer. Refrain: O the beautiful garden, the garden of prayer, O the beautiful garden of prayer! There my Savior awaits, and He opens the gates To the beautiful garden of prayer. 2 There’s a garden where Jesus is waiting, And I go with my burden and care, Just to learn from His lips words of comfort - In the beautiful garden of prayer. [Refrain] 3 There’s a garden where Jesus is waiting, And He bids you to come meet Him there, Just to bow and receive a new blessing - In the beautiful garden of prayer. [Refrain] Topics: Invitation Scripture: Matthew 26:35 Languages: English Tune Title: BEAUTIFUL GARDEN
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There's a Garden Where Jesus Is Waiting (The Beautiful Garden of Prayer)

Author: Eleanor Allen Schroll Hymnal: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #319 (2011) Hymnal Title: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal First Line: There's a garden where Jesus is waiting Refrain First Line: O the beautiful garden, the garden of prayer Lyrics: 1 There’s a garden where Jesus is waiting, There’s a place that is wondrously fair, For it glows with the light of His presence ’Tis that beautiful garden of prayer. Refrain: O the beautiful garden, the garden of prayer, O the beautiful garden of prayer! There my Savior awaits, and He opens the gates To the beautiful garden of prayer. 2 There’s a garden where Jesus is waiting, And I go, with my burden and care, Just to learn from His lips words of comfort In the beautiful garden of prayer. [Refrain] 3 There’s a garden where Jesus is waiting, And He bids you to come meet Him there, Just to bow and receive a new blessing In the beautiful garden of prayer. [Refrain] Topics: The Christian Life Prayer and Intercession; Inner Life; Illumination; Jesus Abiding with Believers; Prayer Scripture: Genesis 3:8 Languages: English Tune Title: BEAUTIFUL GARDEN

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Eleanor Allen Schroll

1878 - 1966 Person Name: Eleanor A. Schroll Hymnal Title: Timeless Truths Author of "The Beautiful Garden of Prayer" in Timeless Truths Born: 1878, New­port, Ken­tucky. Died: Jan­u­a­ry 8, 1966, Day­to­na Beach, Flor­i­da. Buried: South­gate, Ken­tucky. Lyrics-- Beautiful Gar­den of Pray­er, The He Lives --www.hymntime.com/bio

J. H. Fillmore

1849 - 1936 Person Name: James H. Fillmore Hymnal Title: Timeless Truths Composer of "[There's a garden where Jesus is waiting]" in Timeless Truths James Henry Fillmore USA 1849-1936. Born at Cincinnati, OH, he helped support his family by running his father's singing school. He married Annie Eliza McKrell in 1880, and they had five children. After his father's death he and his brothers, Charles and Frederick, founded the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, specializing in publishing religious music. He was also an author, composer, and editor of music, composing hymn tunes, anthems, and cantatas, as well as publishing 20+ Christian songbooks and hymnals. He issued a monthly periodical “The music messsenger”, typically putting in his own hymns before publishing them in hymnbooks. Jessie Brown Pounds, also a hymnist, contributed song lyrics to the Fillmore Music House for 30 years, and many tunes were composed for her lyrics. He was instrumental in the prohibition and temperance efforts of the day. His wife died in 1913, and he took a world tour trip with single daughter, Fred (a church singer), in the early 1920s. He died in Cincinnati. His son, Henry, became a bandmaster/composer. John Perry