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Whate'er my God ordains is right

Author: S. Rodigast Appears in 7 hymnals

VARICK STREET

Meter: 8.6.8.6.4.4.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 53332 67123 45425 Used With Text: Whate'er my God ordains is right

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Whate'er my God ordains is right

Author: S. Rodigast Hymnal: Hymns of the Ages #102 (1861) Languages: English

Whate'er my God ordains is right!

Hymnal: Hymns for the Church on Earth #242 (1883) Languages: English

Whate'er my God ordains is right

Hymnal: Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church with Music (Gilbert & Goodrich) #257 (1883) Meter: 8.6.8.6.4.4.8.8 Topics: Visitation of the Sick Languages: English Tune Title: VARICK STREET

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Samuel Rodigast

1649 - 1708 Person Name: S. Rodigast Author of "Whate'er my God ordains is right" in Hymns of the Ages Samuel Rodigast, son of Johann Rodigast, pastor at Groben near Jena, was born at Groben Oct. 19, 1649. He entered the University of Jena in 1668 (M.A. 1671), and was in 1676 appointed adjunct of the philosophical faculty. In 1680 he became conrector of the Greyfriars Gymnasium at Berlin. While in this position he refused the offers of a professorship at Jena and the Rectorships of the Schools at Stade and Stralsund. Finally, in 1698, he became rector of the Greyfriars Gymnasium, and held this post till his death. His tombstone in the Koster-Kirche in Berlin says he died "die xxix. Mart. a. MDCCVII . . . aetatis anno lix." ...Two hymns have been ascribed to him, on of which has passed into English, viz.:--"Whatever God ordains is right." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Walter Bond Gilbert

1829 - 1910 Composer of "" in Hymnal Walter Bond Gilbert DMus United Kingdom 1829-1910. Born at Exeter, Devon, England, he studied music under Alfred Angel, Samuel Wesley and Henry Bishop. He attended New College, Oxford and the University of Toronto, Canada. He was organist in Devon at Topsham in 1847, Bideford in 1849, Kent at Tonbridge in 1854, Old Colliegiate Church, Maidstone in 1859, Lee in 1866, Boston, Lincolnshirein 1868, and Trinity Chapel in New York City in 1869-1897. He taught music at Tonbridge School, helped found the College of Organists, edited the America Episcopal Hymnal, and wrote a number of monographs, including “Antiquities of Maidstone”. He continued to write church music, producing services, oratorios (including “The Restoration of Israel and St. John, 1857), organ works, and anthems. He died at Headington, Oxford, England. John Perry