William
Hiley Bathurst
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:
- Psalms and Hymns
for Public and Private Use, 1831
- The Georgics of
Virgil, 1849
- Metrical
Musings; or, Thoughts on Sacred Subjects in Verse, 1849
Hymns
- Before Thy Cross, My
Dying Lord
- Before Thy Mercy
Seat, O Lord
- Behold What
Unspeakable Love
- Does the Lord of
Glory Speak?
- Ere the World with
Light Invested
- Eternal Spirit, by
Whose Power
- Except the Lord Our
Labors Bless
- Full of Weakness and
of Sin
- Glory to the
Almighty Father
- Hark! The Distant
Isles Proclaim
- Holy Lord, Our
Hearts Prepare
- Holy Spirit from on
High
- How Blest Are They
Who Feel the Weight
- How Strange That
Souls Whom Jesus Feeds
- How Sweet It Is in
Early Youth
- How Sweet the Hour
of Closing Day
- Jesus, if Thou My
Shepherd Be
- Jesus, Thy Church
with Longing Eyes
- Led by a Father’s
Gentle Hand
- Lord, a Better Heart
Bestow
- Lord, Bid the Light
Arise
- Lord, Shed Thy Glory
as of Old
- Lord, What Blessed
Consolation
- Lord, When Our
Offerings We Present
- O for a Beam of
Heavenly Light
- O
for a Faith That Will Not Shrink
- O for that Flame of
Living Fire
- O Give Thanks unto
the Lord
- O Savior, May We
Never Rest
- Shepherd of Israel,
from Above
- This the Day The
Lord Hath Called His Own
- When the World My
Heart Is Rending
- Why Should Our Tears
in Sorrow Flow
- Ye Servants of the
Living God