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Arthur Campbell Ainger (1841-1919) was a schoolmaster, hymn & song writer, poet and sports writer. He was the author of the hymn God Is Working His Purpose Out.

Early Life
Ainger was born in Blackheath, London in 1841. His father, the Rev F A Ainger, was a priest in the Church of England, the vicar of Hampstead in the Church of England & a prebendary. A C Ainger was educated at Eton College and then Trinity College, Cambridge where he gained first-class honours in the Classical Tripos.

Career
After leaving Cambridge, Ainger returned to Eton where he taught classics for the next thirty-seven years until 1901, when he retired as the Senior Assistant Master. He subsequently remained a Fellow of Trinity.

While at Eton he wrote numerous songs and hymns including God Is Working His Purpose Out, the current Eton school song Carmen Etonense and another Eton song Vale. God is Working His Purpose Out was dedicated to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Edward Benson. He published several Latin text books and grammars and in 1877 he codified the rules of Eton Fives.

Retirement
In 1908 Ainger was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order by King Edward VII

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Publications

 * Eton Songs The Leadenhall Press; Simpkin, Marshall; Limited Edition edition (1891)
 * Memories of Eton Sixty Years Ago - 1917
 * The Eton Latin grammar. Pt.I. Elementary; for use in the lower forms. with H.G. Wintle (London, J. Murray 1887)
 * Eton in prose and verse : an anthology selected by A.C. Ainger Hodder & Stoughton 1910
 * English-Latin gradus or verse dictionary (London : J. Murray, 1909, c1891)
 * Clivus, Elementary Exercises in Latin Elegiac Verse Eton, 1878
 * Rules of the Game of Fives as Played at Eton 1877
 * Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Rackets, Fives [Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes] with Messrs Heathcote, Heathcote & Bouverie London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1903
 * Marching Songs for Soldiers, Adapted to Well-known Tunes (London, Jarrold & Sons, 1914)

Category:1841 births Category:1919 deaths Category:People educated at Eton College Category:Members of the Royal Victorian Order Category:Christian hymnwriters Category:Schoolteachers

Hymns:

"God is working his purpose out" 1894 dedicated to Archbishop Benson Edward_White_Benson Carmen Etonense 1901 (Music Sir Joseph Barnby) Vale

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Eton in prose and verse : an anthology / selected by A.C. Ainger. Hodder & Stoughton 1910

Poems Daily Telegraph Book of Hymns By Ian Bradley HEATHCOTE, J. M., C. G. Heathcote, E. O. P.-Bouverie & A. C. Ainger. Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Rackets, Fives [Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes], London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1903

"Tutored Esher at Eton and remained a guide and mentor throughout Esher's adult life." Censoring Queen Victoria: How two Gentlemae Edited a Queen and created an Icon Yvonne M Ward One world publications 2014 p63

1. God is working His purpose out. [Missions.] Written and first published in 1894, with Dedication to Archbishop Benson. It was given in Church Hymns, 1903, Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1904, and other collections. 2. God of our Fathers, unto Thee. [National Thanksgiving.] Included in English Hymnal, 1906. 3. Let all our brethren join in one. [Harvest.] Included in C. W. A. Brooke's Additional Hymns, 1903. 4. Let God arise to lead forth those. [In Time of War.] Written in 1900, and first printed in the Times the same year. Subsequently pub. by Novello & Co., with music by Sir J. Stainer, and included in Church Hymns, 1903, and Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1904. 5. Like a mighty man rejoicing in his strength. [Missions.] Written by request for the S.P.G. Centenary, and published in the Centenary collection of Hymns, 1901. 6. Not ours to mourn and weep. [Lent. For the Young.] First published in the Public School Hymn Book, 1903. 7. On them who here, 0 Lord. [Holy Matrimony.] A Wedding Hymn, published with music by Novello & Co., 1903. A most acceptable addition to hymns for Holy Matrimony. 8. Praise the Lord: to-day we raise Hymns of thankfulness and praise. [For Victory] Written in 1902, and first printed in the Times, and t' en, with music, by Novello & Co. Included in Church Hymns, 1903. 9. Praise the Lord! to-day we sing. Birthday of our Founder King. [For Founder's Day.] Written for use at Eton, and included in Eton Songs, 1891-2, as "Hymn for Founder's Day." Admirably suited, with slight change in the opening line, for any Public School. 10. Uprose the stately temple.