Christian Henry Bateman (9 August 1813 – 27 July 1889) was an English minister and hymn writer.Julian, John. (1892) "Bateman, C. H." Dictionary of Hymnology. Charles Scribner's Sons. 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".
Bateman was born in 1813 in Wyke, Yorkshire,1861 England Census the son of John Bateman and Mary Agnes Latrobe. He was baptised into the Moravian Church.England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567–1936
After successfully serving as a congregational minister at the Moravian Church, he was ordained at the Church of England at age 30.
He ministered at the Richmond Place Congregational Church in Edinburgh, Scotland, and successive Congregational parishes in Hopton, Yorkshire, and Reading, Berkshire. At age 56, he took Holy Orders in the Anglican Church and served as a curate and vicar in several Anglican parishes. Hawn, C. Michael (22 May 2013) History of Hymns: "Come, Christians, Join to Sing". Discipleship Ministries.
He died in 1889 in Carlisle, Cumberland.
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