Born: Au­gust 28, 1796, Cleve­dale (near Bris­tol), Eng­land.

Died: No­vem­ber 25, 1877, Lyd­ney Park, Glou­ces­ter­shire, Eng­land.

Buried: At the par­ish church in Lyd­ney, Glou­ces­ter­shire, where he owned the fam­i­ly seat. There is a plaque com­mem­o­rat­ing him in­side the church, and the 14th Cen­tu­ry cross in Lyd­ney was re­stored in 1878 in his mem­o­ry.

Bathurst was ed­u­cat­ed at Win­ches­ter, and at Christ Church, Ox­ford, Eng­land, grad­uat­ing in 1818. From 1820-1852, he was rec­tor of Bar­wick-in-Elmet, near Leeds. How­ev­er, he could not re­con­cile his doc­trin­al views with the Book of Com­mon Pray­er, and re­tired from the min­is­try. For some time he was Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment for Bristol. His works in­clude:

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Hymns

  1. Before Thy Cross, My Dying Lord
  2. Before Thy Mercy Seat, O Lord
  3. Behold What Unspeakable Love
  4. Does the Lord of Glory Speak?
  5. Ere the World with Light Invested
  6. Eternal Spirit, by Whose Power
  7. Except the Lord Our Labors Bless
  8. Full of Weakness and of Sin
  9. Glory to the Almighty Father
  10. Hark! The Distant Isles Proclaim
  11. Ho­ly Lord, Our Hearts Prepare
  12. Ho­ly Spirit from on High
  13. How Blest Are They Who Feel the Weight
  14. How Strange That Souls Whom Jesus Feeds
  15. How Sweet It Is in Early Youth
  16. How Sweet the Hour of Closing Day
  17. Jesus, if Thou My Shepherd Be
  18. Jesus, Thy Church with Longing Eyes
  19. Led by a Father’s Gentle Hand
  20. Lord, a Better Heart Bestow
  21. Lord, Bid the Light Arise
  22. Lord, Shed Thy Glory as of Old
  23. Lord, What Blessed Consola­tion
  24. Lord, When Our Offerings We Present
  25. O for a Beam of Heavenly Light
  26. O for a Faith That Will Not Shrink
  27. O for That Flame of Living Fire
  28. O Give Thanks unto the Lord
  29. O Savior, May We Never Rest
  30. Shepherd of Israel, from Above
  31. This the Day The Lord Hath Called His Own
  32. When the World My Heart Is Rending
  33. Why Should Our Tears in Sorrow Flow
  34. Ye Servants of the Living God