There in God's Garden Lyrics

There in God's garden

Stands the Tree of Wisdom

Whose leaves hold forth the

Healing of the nations

Tree of all knowledge

Tree of all compassion

Tree of all beauty

Its name is Jesus

Name that says, Our Savior

There on its branches

See the scars of suff'ring

See there the tendrils

Of our human selfhood

Feed on its lifeblood

Thorns not its own are

Tangled in its foliage

Our greed has starved it

Our despite has choked it

Yet, look! It lives! Its

Grief has not destroyed it

Nor fire consumed it

See how its branches

Reach to us in welcome

Hear what the Voice says

Come to me, ye weary

Give me your sickness

Give me all your sorrow

I will give blessing

This is my ending

This my resurrection

Into your hands, Lord

I commit my spirit

This have I searched for

Now I can possess it

This ground is holy

All heav'n is singing

Thanks to Christ whose passion

Offers in mercy

Healing, strength, and pardon

Peoples and nations

Take it, take it freely

Amen! My Master