Onderdonk was ed­u­cat­ed at Co­lum­bia Coll­ege. Tak­ing Ho­ly Or­ders, he was for some time Rec­tor of St. Ann’s Church, Brook­lyn, New York. In 1827, he was con­se­crat­ed in Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia, and served as as­sist­ant bi­shop to Bi­shop White; he suc­ceed­ed White up­on White’s death in 1836. The House of Bi­shops sus­pend­ed him 1844, charg­ing in­temp­er­ance, but he was re­stored in 1856. He served on the com­mit­tee which com­piled the 1826 Pray­er Book Col­lect­ion, and was by far the larg­est con­trib­ut­or there­to.

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Hymns

1. Ah, How Shall Fallen Man! (adapt­ed from Isaac Watts)
2. Although the Vine Its Fruit Deny
3. Blest Be Thou, the God of Israel
4. Gentle Savior Calls, The (adapt­ed from Phil­ip Dodd­ridge)
   • The Savior Kindly Calls
5. Heirs of Unending Life (adapted from Benjamin Beddome)
6. How Wondrous and Great Thy Works
7. On Zion, and on Lebanon
8. Seek, My Soul, the Narrow Gate
9. Sinner, Rouse Thee from Thy Sleep
10. Spirit in Our Hearts, The
11. Though I Should Seek to Wash Me Clean
12. When, Lord, to This Our Western Land