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;… Go to person page >
My God, my Father, dost Thou call? Bishop E. H. Bickersteth. [Home Missions.] Written for the London Church Mission, 1874, and printed in the Guardian, and afterwards published in his Hymnal Companion, 1876. It has since passed into several hymn-books, including the Primitive Methodist Hymnal, 1887, &c.
LES COMMANDEMENS (French for "the commandments"), a rich and graceful tune in the Hypo-Ionian mode (major), was used in the Genevan Psalter (1547) for the Decalogue and for Psalm 140, and later in British psalters and in the Lutheran tradition. The first setting in the Psalter Hymnal derives from Cl…
Initially Luther used the folk melody associated with his first stanza as the tune for this hymn. Later he composed this new tune for his text. VOM HIMMEL HOCH was first published in Valentin Schumann's Geistliche Lieder in 1539. Johann S. Bach (PHH 7) used Luther's melody in three places in his wel…
Display Title: My God, my Father, dost Thou callFirst Line: My God, my Father, dost Thou callTune Title: HOLLYAuthor: Bishop E. H. BickerstethMeter: L.M.Date: 1939Subject: Burial of the Dead | ; Evangelistic Missions |
Display Title: My God, my Father, dost Thou callFirst Line: My God, my Father, dost Thou callTune Title: COMMANDMENTSAuthor: E. H. BickerstethDate: 1890
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