Bathurst was ed­u­cat­ed at Win­ches­ter, and at Christ Church, Ox­ford, Eng­land, grad­uat­ing in 1818. From 1820-52, 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

• Hatfield, pp. 48-9
• Hustad, pp. 203-4
• Julian, pp. 117-8
• Reynolds, pp. 247-8

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