The Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations
If my photos are in order, we saw the Garden and the Church after we saw the birthplace of Jesus.In the 4th C a church was constructed at this place, but was destroyed by the Persians in 614AD. It was rebuilt by the Crusaders in the 12th C, but was destroyed by the Arabs in 1187. A Catholic Franciscan church was built in 1924 by donations from many nations--thus its name, Church of All Nations (also called Basilica of Agony). The remains of the Crusader church were embedded into the modern basilica. It is located on the east bank of valley Kidron at the foothill of Mount of Olives.
- In The Garden
(written by C. Austin Miles)
Verse 1:
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.
Chorus:
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
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