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Long Ago, Within a Garden
1. Long ago, within a garden,
Adam tasted fruit with Eve.
Death would be our awful burden—
Only One could set us free.
[Chorus]
Alleluia, alleluia!
Jesus came to set us free!
Lamb of God and true Messiah,
Songs of joy we raise to Thee.
2. Jesus came to win a pardon,
Praying in Gethsemane—
Humbly suff’ring in that garden,
Crucified on Calvary.
[Chorus]
Alleluia, alleluia!
Jesus came to set us free!
Lamb of God and true Messiah,
Songs of joy we raise to Thee.
3. In a tomb within a garden,
Women went where Jesus lay.
Angels told them, “He is risen!”
On that glorious Easter day.
[Chorus]
Alleluia, alleluia!
Jesus came to set us free!
Lamb of God and true Messiah,
Songs of joy we raise to Thee.
4. Come to Christ and be forgiven.
Taste the fruit of Father’s tree,
Sweetest fruit of all His garden.
Dwell with Him eternally.
[Chorus]
Alleluia, alleluia!
Jesus came to set us free!
Lamb of God and true Messiah,
Songs of joy we raise to Thee.
This hymn tells of three sacred gardens: the Garden of Eden, the Garden of Gethsemane, and the unnamed garden where the Savior rose from the tomb. The last verse invites us to partake of the fruit of the tree of life (see 1 Nephi 8).
About this hymn
Text: R. Devan Jensen, 1999; alt.
Music: Daniel Lyman Carter, 1999; alt. | EVERGREEN
© 2004, 2026 R. Devan Jensen and Daniel Lyman Carter