Lord, bid thy light arise

Author: William Hiley Bathurst

William Hiley Bathurst, 1796-1877 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 1820-52, 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 min­is­… Go to person page >