1832 EDWARD BICKERSTETH. Works on Prayer, Hearing Sermons, Study of Scripture &c in One Large VolumeAttractive volume of six complete works by Bickersteth in one volume. Bickersteth was one of the most influential Evangelical churchmen of the early 19th century. He was secretary of the Church Missionary Society, active in the Society for the Conversion of the Jews, a much loved author and hymnnist, and one of the founders of the Parker Society to reprint the works of the great reformers in full. Bickersteth, Edward (1786 1850) The Works of Rev.