An hon­or grad­u­ate of Trin­i­ty Coll­ege, Cam­bridge, Bick­er­steth served as Vi­car of Christ Church, Hamp­stead; Dean of Glou­ces­ter; and Bi­shop of Ex­e­ter (1885-1900). He ed­it­ed three hym­nals, and wrote at least 30 hymns of his own. His works in­clude:

• Yesterday, To­day and For­ev­er: A Po­em, in Twelve Books (New York: Ro­bert Car­ter and Bro­thers, 1875)

• Hatfield, pp. 76-78
• Julian, pp. 141-42, 1613
• Nutter, p. 392
• Ryden, pp. 412-13

1. Almighty Fa­ther, Hear Our Cry
2. Come Ye Our­selves Apart
3. Father of Hea­ven Above
4. For My Sake, and the Gos­pel’s
5. Hush! Bless­èd Are the Dead
6. Lead, Kind­ly Light
7. My God, My Fa­ther, Dost Thou Call
8. Nearer, My God, to Thee
9. Not Wor­thy, Lord, to Ga­ther Up the Crumbs
10. O Bro­thers, Lift Your Voic­es
11. O Christ, Who Hast As­cend­ed
12. O God, the Rock of Ag­es
13. O Ho­ly Fa­ther, Who in Ten­der Love
14. O Je­sus, Sav­ior of the Lost
15. Peace, Per­fect Peace
16. Rest in the Lord
17. Savior, Breathe an Ev­en­ing Bless­ing
18. Stand, Sol­dier of the Cross
19. Thine, Thine For­ev­er
20. Till He Come

1. O God, I Love Thee

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