Bathurst, William Hiley, a clergyman of the
Church of England, was born at Cleve Dale,
ar Bristol, England, August 28, 1796. He
was the son of Charles Bragge, who was
member of Parliament for Bristol, and who,
upon inheriting his uncle's estate, assumed
his name, Bathurst. He graduated at
Christ Church College, Oxford, and was ordained
a priest of the Church of England in
1819. The following year he became rector
of Barwick-in-Elmet, Yorkshire, where he
mained thirty-two years. His biographer,
speaking of these years of ministerial service,
says: "Faithfully devoting himself to
the spiritual welfare of his parishioners, he
greatly endeared himself to them all by
his eminent piety, his great simplicity of
character, his tender love, and his abundant
generosity." In 1852 he resigned his
living and retired to private life because of
conscientious scruples in relation to parts
of the baptismal and burial services of the
Church. In 1863, upon the death of his
older brother, he succeeded to the family estate
of Sidney Park, Gloucestershire, where
he died November 25, 1877. His published
works are: Psalms and Hymns for Public
and Private Use, 1831 (which volume contains
132 psalms and 206 hymns from his
pen); The Georgics of Virgil, 1849; Metrical
Musings; or, Thoughts on Sacred Subjects in Verse, 1849.
| O for a faith that will not shrink |
424 |
| O for that flame of living fire |
187 |
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