Son of Wes­ley­an min­is­ter Ja­bez Bunt­ing, Wil­liam was ed­u­cat­ed at the Wes­ley­an schools at Wood­house Grove School, Bradford, Yorkshire, and Kings­wood, and at St. Sav­iour’s Gram­mar School in South­wark. In 1842, he en­tered the Wes­ley­an min­is­try, and con­tin­ued in ac­tive cir­cuit work for 25 years. Fail­ing health com­pelled his re­tire­ment to the Su­per­num­er­ary list, and he took up re­si­dence in Lon­don. His works in­clude:

• Select Let­ters of Ag­nes Bul­mer, 1842

• Julian, pp. 193, 259, 324, 1555, 1671
• Rowe, pp. 1-64

1. Blessed Are the Pure in Heart
2. Blest Spir­it! from the Eter­nal Sire
3. Dear Is the Day Which God Hath Made
4. Father, Our Child We Place
   • Rites Can­not Change the Heart
5. Ho­ly Spir­it, Pi­ty Me
6. O Bless­ed, Bless­ed Sounds of Grace
7. O Cru­ci­fied, Tri­umph­ant Lord
8. O God! How Oft­en Hath Thine Ear
9. Thou Do­est All Things Well
10. We Love to Call Cre­a­tion Thine