Christian Henry Bateman (9 August 1813 – 27 July 1889) was an English minister and hymn writer.[1] He is chiefly known as the writer of "Come, Christians Join to Sing", a remix of William Edward Hickson's "Join Now in Praise, and Sing".[2]

Bateman was born in 1813 in Wyke, Yorkshire,[3] the son of John Bateman and Mary Agnes Latrobe. He was baptised into the Moravian Church.[4]

After successfully serving as a congregational minister at the Moravian Church, he was ordained at the Church of England at age 30.[2]

He ministered at the Richmond Place Congregational Church in Edinburgh, Scotland, and successive Congregational parishes in Hopton, Yorkshire, and Reading, Berkshire.[2] At age 56, he took Holy Orders in the Anglican Church and served as a curate and vicar in several Anglican parishes.[2]

He died in 1889 in Carlisle, Cumberland.[5]

References

  1. ^ Julian, John. (1892) "Bateman, C. H." Dictionary of Hymnology. Charles Scribner's Sons.
  2. ^ a b c d Hawn, C. Michael (22 May 2013) History of Hymns: "Come, Christians, Join to Sing". Discipleship Ministries.
  3. ^ 1861 England Census
  4. ^ England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567–1936
  5. ^ "Death of the Rev. C. H. Bateman, Carlisle". Carlisle Patriot. 2 August 1889. p. 6. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Henry_Bateman
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