God is working his purpose out

God is working his purpose out. Arthur Campbell Ainger* (1841-1919). Published in leaflet form by a printer at Eton in 1894, probably for use at Eton College, where Ainger was a classics master and house master. It was then published in the Church Missionary Society’s Hymn Book (1899), and in the SPCK’s Church Hymns (1903). It became widely known when it was included in both A&M (1904) and EH (1906). It was dedicated to Edward White Benson*, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1883 to 1896, whose son A. C. Benson* was a colleague of Ainger’s at Eton. It subsequently became used in hymnals throughout the world, especially when linked with a tune by Millicant D. Kingham (1866-1927), about...