What God Ordaineth, He Doth Well

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What God ordaineth, He doth well

Author: Samuel Rodigast; Translator: Paul Wengel
Tune: WAS GOTT TUT
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	Ten Chorale Improvisations, Set 1

Author: Samuel Rodigast

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.… Go to person page >

Translator: Paul Wengel

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Text Information

First Line:	What God ordaineth, He doth well
Title:	What God Ordaineth, He Doth Well
German Title:	Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan
Author:	Samuel Rodigast
Translator:	Paul Wengel
Source:	Weismar Gesanbuch, 1681
Language:	English

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WAS GOTT TUT

WAS GOTT TUT is usually attributed to Severus Gastorius (b. Ottern, near Weimar, Germany, 1646; d. Jena, Germany, 1682), who presumably composed the tune during a convalescence in 1675 (see above). The tune was published in Ausserlesenes Weimarisches Gesangbuch (1681). Educated at the University of…

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