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Mary: The Basement Tape

February 09, 2023 Gary Allison Furr Season 1 Episode 8

The great-granddaughter of Charles Austin Miles said once that the hymn "was written on a cold, dreary day in a cold, dreary and leaky basement in New Jersey that didn't even have a window in it let alone a view of a garden.

From Miles imagination to one of the most beloved gospel hymns of all time, it became a vessel of prayer for me in another basement far from home.

Recording "In the Garden" 
Adapted from
Encountering God in the Prayers of Others click to go to Books

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