Short Name: | Edward Henry Bickersteth |
Full Name: | Bickersteth, Edward Henry, 1825-1906 |
Birth Year: | 1825 |
Death Year: | 1906 |
Bickersteth, Edward Henry, D.D., son of Edward Bickersteth, Sr. born at Islington, Jan. 1825, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. with honours, 1847; M.A., 1850). On taking Holy Orders in 1848, he became curate of Banningham, Norfolk, and then of Christ Church, Tunbridge Wells. His preferment to the Rectory of Hinton-Martell, in 1852, was followed by that of the Vicarage of Christ Church, Hampstead, 1855. In 1885 he became Dean of Gloucester, and the same year Bishop of Exeter. Bishop Bickersteth's works, chiefly poetical, are:—
As an editor of hymnals, Bp. Bickersteth has also been most successful. His collections are:—
About 30 of Bp. Bickersteths hymns are in common use. Of these the best and most widely known are:—" Almighty Father, hear our cry"; "Come ye yourselves apart and rest awhile"; "Father of heaven above"; "My God, my Father, dost Thou call"; "O Jesu, Saviour of the lost"; "Peace, perfect peace"; "Rest in the Lord"; "Stand, Soldier of the Cross"; " Thine, Thine, for ever"; and "Till He come.” As a poet Bp. Bickersteth is well known. His reputation as a hymn-writer has also extended far and wide. Joined with a strong grasp of his subject, true poetic feeling, a pure rhythm, there is a soothing plaintiveness and individuality in his hymns which give them a distinct character of their own. His thoughts are usually with the individual, and not with the mass: with the single soul and his God, and not with a vast multitude bowed in adoration before the Almighty. Hence, although many of his hymns are eminently suited to congregational purposes, and have attained to a wide popularity, yet his finest productions are those which are best suited for private use.
-John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Bickersteth, Edward Henry, p. 141, ii. Bishop Bickersteth's 1890 edition of his Hymnal Companion is noted on p. 1312, i., and several of his own hymns and translations, which appear therein for the first time, are annotated in this Appendix. One of these, "All-merciful, Almighty Lord," for the Conv. of St. Paul, was written for the 1890 edition of Hymnal Companion.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Bickersteth, B. H., p. 141, ii. Bp. Bickersteth died in London, May 16, 1906.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Texts by Edward Henry Bickersteth (72) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Wrestling in agony, wrestling alone | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 1 |
With thankful hearts our songs we raise | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 7 |
Who trusts in God, a strong abode | Edward H. Bickersteth (Arranger) | English | 1 |
When the weary at heart and laden with sin | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 2 |
When the morning paints the skies | E. H. Bickersteth (Author) | English | 4 |
Wearied in the strife of sin | Right Rev. Bishop Bickersteth (Author) | English | 2 |
Venid a mí, venid a descansar | Edward J. Bickersteth, 1825-1906 (Author) | Spanish | 2 |
Till He come, O let the words | Bishop Edward H. Bickersteth (Author) | English | 221 |
Til han kommer, Ord af Fryd | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | Danish | 2 |
Thou standest at the altar | Bishop Bickersteth, of Exeter (Author (vs. 2)) | English | 1 |
Thine, thine forever, blessed bond that knits | Bishop E. H. Bickersteth (Author) | English | 3 |
Thine, Lord, are the blossoms of forest and field | Bishop Bickersteth (Author) | English | 2 |
The sun is set the twilight's o'er | Bishop E. H. Bickersteth (Author) | English | 3 |
The hour is come, the feast is spread | Rev. Edward Henry Bickersteth, 1825- (Author) | English | 2 |
Staradu, kruca soldatar', Fortiĝu via kor' | Edward Henry Bickersmith (Author) | Esperanto | 2 |
Stand, soldier of the cross | E. H. Bickersteth (Author) | English | 49 |
Thus heaven is gathering, one by one | E. H. Bickersteth (Author) | English | 11 |
Savior, breathe an evening blessing | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 30 |
Pray, always pray, the Holy Spirit pleads | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 12 |
Pererin wyf mewn anial dir | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | Welsh | 1 |
Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin? | Edward H. Bickersteth (Author) | English | 361 |
¡Paz, dulce paz, que viene de la cruz! | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | Spanish | 2 |
Paz, dulce paz, que brota de la cruz | Edward H. Bickersteth, 1825-1906 (Author) | Spanish | 4 |
Our Savior Christ will quickly come | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 3 |
Our children, Lord, in faith and prayer | Edward Bickersteth (Author) | English | 5 |
Oft in danger, oft in woe | E. Bickersteth (Alterer) | English | 9 |
O Thou who camest from above | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Alterer (stanza 2)) | English | 1 |
O Jesus, Savior of the lost | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 52 |
O if we know the joyful sound | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 2 |
O holy father who in tender love | Edward Henry Bickersteth, 1825-1906 (Author) | English | 7 |
O God, the Rock of Ages | Bishop Edward H. Bickersteth (Author) | English | 193 |
O God, our strength, our hope, our rock | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 1 |
O God, I love Thee; not that my poor love | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 7 |
O God, forever blest | Rev. Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 10 |
O for a single heart for God! | Bickersteth (Author) | English | 2 |
O Father, who hast given thine only Son | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 2 |
O Christ, Thou hast ascended | Edward Bickersteth, Jr. (Author) | English | 13 |
O brothers, lift your voices | Bishop Edward H. Bickersteth (Author) | English | 64 |
Not worthy, Lord, to gather up the crumbs | E. H. Bickersteth (Author) | English | 84 |
Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! Even though it be a cross | Edward H. Bickersteth, Jr. (Author (v. 6)) | English | 3 |
My God, my Father, let me rest | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 2 |
My God, my Father, dost Thou call | Bishop E. H. Bickersteth (Author) | English | 7 |
முழு சமாதானம் இருள் சூழ் இப்பூமியில் (Muḻu camātāṉam iruḷ cūḻ ippūmiyil) | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | Tamil | 2 |
Mon Dieu, plus près de toi, plus près de toi! | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | French | 2 |
Long years I wandered far astray | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 1 |
Little drops of water, Little grains of sand | Bishop E. H. Bickersteth (Author) | English | 1 |
Light of the world, shine on our souls | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 16 |
Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom | E. H. Bickersteth (Author (vs. 4)) | English | 4 |
In der Welt der Sünde | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | German | 1 |
Hush, blessed are the dead | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 15 |
How lovely, how beloved is thine abode | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 2 |
Holy Father, hear me, thou art my defender | Bishop E. H. Bickersteth (Author) | English | 4 |
Israel's Shepherd, guide me, feed me | Edward H. Bickersteth (Author) | English | 2 |
Hark, the nightly church-bell numbers | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 4 |
Hark! hark, the voice of numbers | Bishop E. H. Bickersteth (Author) | English | 2 |
Hark, creation's Alleluia | Bishop E. H. Bickersteth (Author) | English | 4 |
Gracious Savior, gentle Shepherd | Edward H. Bickersteth, b. 1825 (Author) | English | 5 |
Friede im Herrn! | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | German | 1 |
For my sake and the Gospel's, go | Bishop E. H. Bickersteth (Author) | English | 31 |
For ever ours | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 1 |
Father of heaven above | Edward H. Bickersteth (Author) | English | 7 |
എന്റെ സത്രത്തിൽ നിന്നും പുറപ്പെടും മുമ്പായി, എന്റെ (Enṟe satrattil ninnuṁ puṟappeṭuṁ mumpāyi, enṟe) | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author (st. 4)) | Malayalam | 2 |
Dread Jehovah, God of nations | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Alterer) | English | 2 |
Command Thy blessing from above | Bickersteth (Author) | English | 1 |
Come ye yourselves apart and rest awhile (Bickersteth) | Bishop E. H. Bickersteth (Author) | English | 38 |
Clothed with the Holy Ghost | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 2 |
Art thou weary, art thou languid | E. H. Bickersteth (Alterer) | English | 1 |
Arise and be baptized | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 6 |
Almighty Father, hear our cry | E. H. Bickersteth (Author) | English | 11 |
All praise and glory to the Father be | Rev. Edward Henry Bickersteth, 1825- (Author) | English | 6 |
All merciful, almighty Lord | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | English | 2 |
Adda aya talna naananay | Edward Henry Bickersteth (Author) | Tagalog | 2 |