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EVENING HYMN (North)

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Mabel E. North Incipit: 33353 21744 33232

Author: Edward Henry Bickersteth Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Hark, the nightly church-bell numbers Refrain First Line: Blessed Spirit, hover o'er us Lyrics: 1 Hark the nightly church-bell numbers One day more with bygone things; Angels, o’er our peaceful slumbers, Spread ye now protecting wings. Chorus: Blessed Spirit, hover o’er us, Sleeping, waking, be Thou near; Comrades, there is joy before us— Rest in peace, and rise in pray’r. 2 One day less of toil and labor, One day nearer rest and Thee, Child and parent, friend and neighbor, Lift your voice and bend your knee. [Chorus] Used With Tune: EVENING HYMN

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Blessed Spirit, hover o'er us

Author: Edward Henry Bickersteth Hymnal: A Hymnal for Joyous Youth #16 (1927) First Line: Hark, the nightly church-bell numbers Languages: English Tune Title: EVENING HYMN

Hark the Nightly Church-Bell

Author: Edward Henry Bickersteth Hymnal: Hymns for Today #27 (1920) First Line: Hark, the nightly church-bell numbers Refrain First Line: Blessed Spirit, hover o'er us Lyrics: 1 Hark the nightly church-bell numbers One day more with bygone things; Angels, o’er our peaceful slumbers, Spread ye now protecting wings. Chorus: Blessed Spirit, hover o’er us, Sleeping, waking, be Thou near; Comrades, there is joy before us— Rest in peace, and rise in pray’r. 2 One day less of toil and labor, One day nearer rest and Thee, Child and parent, friend and neighbor, Lift your voice and bend your knee. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: EVENING HYMN

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Edward Henry Bickersteth

1825 - 1906 Author of "Hark the Nightly Church-Bell" in Hymns for Today 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:— (l) Poems, 1849; (2) Water from the Well-spring, 1852; (3) The Rock of Ages, 1858 ; (4) Commentary on the New Testament, 1864; (5) Yesterday, To-day, and For Ever, 1867; (6) The Spirit of Life, 1868; (7) The Two Brothers and other Poems, 1871; (8) The Master's Home Call, 1872 ; (9) The Shadowed Home and the Light Beyond, 1874; (10) The Beef and other Parables, 1873; (11) Songs in the House of Pilgrimage, N.D.; (12) From Year to Year, 1883. As an editor of hymnals, Bp. Bickersteth has also been most successful. His collections are:— (1) Psalms & Hymns, 1858, based on his father's Christian Psalmody, which passed through several editions; (2) The Hymnal Companion, 1870; (3) The Hymnal Companion revised and enlarged, 1876. Nos. 2 and 3, which are two editions of the same collection, have attained to an extensive circulation. [Ch. of England Hymnody.] 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) ================= 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) ================== Bickersteth, B. H., p. 141, ii. Bp. Bickersteth died in London, May 16, 1906. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)