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O God, in restless living

Author: H. E. F. Appears in 21 hymnals Used With Tune: LLANGLOFFAN

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NYLAND

Appears in 81 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: David Evans Tune Sources: Finnish Hymn Melody Tune Key: E Major Incipit: 53212 16555 65435 Used With Text: In Restless Living
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RUTHERFORD

Appears in 262 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Crétien D'Urhan; Edward F. Rimbault Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 33322 11144 34225 Used With Text: O God, in Restless Living
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LLANGLOFFAN

Appears in 189 hymnals Tune Sources: Welsh Hymn Melody Tune Key: g minor Incipit: 51122 32114 43325 Used With Text: O God, in restless living

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O God, in Restless Living

Author: Harry Emerson Fosdick, 1878- Hymnal: The Abingdon Song Book #260 (1938) Languages: English Tune Title: RUTHERFORD

O God, in Restless Living

Author: Harry Emerson Fosdick Hymnal: A Hymnal for Friends #44 (1942) Languages: English Tune Title: RUTHERFORD

O God, in Restless Living

Author: Harry Emerson Fosdick Hymnal: A Hymnal for Friends #95 (1955) Tune Title: RUTHERFORD

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Harry Emerson Fosdick

1878 - 1969 Person Name: Harry Emerson Fosdick, 1878- Author of "O God, in Restless Living" in The Abingdon Song Book Born: May 24, 1878, Buf­fa­lo, New York. Died: Oc­to­ber 5, 1969, Bronx­ville, New York. Fosdick at­tend­ed Col­gate Un­i­ver­si­ty, Un­ion The­o­lo­gic­al Sem­in­a­ry, and Co­lum­bia Un­i­ver­si­ty. Or­dained in 1903, he pas­tored at the First Bap­tist Church in Mont­clair, New Jer­sey, from 1904 to 1915. At Un­ion The­o­lo­gic­al Sem­in­a­ry, he lec­tured on Bap­tist prin­ci­ples and hom­i­le­tics (1908-1915) and was pro­fess­or of prac­ti­cal the­ol­o­gy (1915-1946). He al­so found time to serve as as­so­ci­ate min­is­ter at the First Pres­by­ter­i­an Church in Man­hat­tan, New York (1919-1925), and pas­tor of Park Av­e­nue Bap­tist Church (1929-1946). His pic­ture was on the co­ver of Time magazine, Sep­tem­ber 21, 1925. His works in­clude: A Guide to Understanding the Bi­ble, 1938 The Living of These Days (an autobiography), 1956 A Book of Pub­lic Pray­ers, 1960 © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

David Evans

1874 - 1948 Person Name: David Evans, 1874-1948 Harmonizer of "NYLAND" in Hymns of the Saints David Evans (b. Resolven, Glamorganshire, Wales, 1874; d. Rosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, 1948) was an important leader in Welsh church music. Educated at Arnold College, Swansea, and at University College, Cardiff, he received a doctorate in music from Oxford University. His longest professional post was as professor of music at University College in Cardiff (1903-1939), where he organized a large music department. He was also a well-known and respected judge at Welsh hymn-singing festivals and a composer of many orchestral and choral works, anthems, service music, and hymn tunes. Bert Polman

Edward F. Rimbault

1816 - 1876 Adapter of "RUTHERFORD" in The Abingdon Song Book Edward Francis Rimbault PhD LLD United Kingdom 1816-1876. Born in Soho, London, England, son of an organist and composer of French descent, he was taught music by his father., Samuel Wesley, and Wiliam Crotch. At age 16 he became organist of the Swiss Church in Soho. He later became organist at various churches, including St Peter’s, Vere Street, and St John’s Wood Presbyterian Church. He edited many collections of music, journals, and publications of music, and arranged music compositions. In addition to editing or arranging contemporary operas, he had a strong interest in editing or arranging earlier English music. He studied the musical treatises in the library of Archbishop Tenison, one of the oldest public libraries in London. In 1838, At age 22 he began lecturing about the history of English music, and was in much demand due to the interest aroused. He did editorial work for the Percy Society, the Camden Society, the Motet Society, and the Handel Society. For the latter he edited the “Messiah”, “Saul”, and “Samson” He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and was granted membership in the Academy of Music in Stockholm, Sweden. Gottingen University also conferred upon him a PhD. His reputation was such that he was offered a teaching position at Harvard University in the U.S., which he turned down. In 1848 he was given an honorary degree by the University of Oxford. In 1849 he published a collection of English nursery rhymes and the tunes to which they were sung. Rimbault authored 76 books, a few named here include : “Bibliotheca madrigaliana” (1847); “The pianoforte” (1860); “Early English organ builders and their works” (1865). In 1855 he co-authored “The organ- its history and construction” with John Hopkins. He did a small amount of composing as well. He wrote an operetta in 1838, and a musical drama. He also composed a large number of pianoforte scores for operas by others. He was an admirable harmonium player. Traveling to various auctions for years, he accumulated a rare collection of books. After his death his extensive collection was auctioned off in 1877, with many items going to the British Library. About 300 items were sold to an individual, and upon his death in 1888, the ‘Drexel collection’ was bequeathed to the Lenox Library (precursor of the New York Public Library). Today, the collection is part of the Music Division of the NY Public Library for the Performing Arts. He was an author, editor, arranger, composer, lithographer, translator, scribe, adapter, and bookseller. He died at London, England. No information found regarding a family. John Perry
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