Tag: C. Austin Miles

Behind the Song: Dwelling in Beulah Land

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This is one of the better known versions of a Beulah Land song to people today. The song was written by C. Austin Miles. After attending the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of Philadelphia, Miles became a pharmacist.  In 1892, he abandoned his pharmacy career and wrote his first Gospel song.  He was following his life long dream […]

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Behind the Song Sunday: In The Garden

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Dr. Adam Geibel, a music publisher, asked pharmacists and composer, C. Austin Miles, to write a hymn that would bring hope. Miles retreated to ” 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,” according to his great-granddaughter. Miles turned to his Bible and read […]

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