Lutheran Hymnody
The Hymns
CROSS AND COMFORT
517
The Will of God Is Always Best
Matt. 6: 10
8. 7. 8. 7. D. Iambic
Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh’ allzeit
Albrecht von Brandenburg, c. 1554, asc.
Tr., composite
Was mein Gott will
French melody, 1529
Harm. by Johann S. Bach, †1750
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