Paz, Sempre Paz!

Author: Edward Henry Bickersteth

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 >

Translator: S. E. McNair

Stuart Edmund McNair (March 8, 1867 – January 10, 1959) was an English-born missionary and hymnist whose most significant work was carried out in Brazil. Born in Brighton, England, and raised in Croydon, McNair was influenced early in life by the biblical teaching of John Nelson Darby. Trained as a civil engineer, he devoted himself to Christian ministry. In 1891 he moved to Lisbon, Portugal, where he became involved in evangelical work and contributed to the development of the hymnal later known as Hinos e Cânticos. McNair arrived in Brazil in 1896 and engaged in extensive evangelistic and teaching ministry, particularly in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, and Espírito Santo. He traveled widely, established Bible Schoo… Go to person page >