Born: March 6, 1802, Bun­hill Row, Fins­bu­ry, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Died: Cir­ca No­vem­ber 1872, Hack­ney, Lon­don, Eng­land.

A popular wri­ter of hymns for child­ren, Bate­man de­scend­ed from the De Voeux, a Hu­gue­not fam­i­ly. He worked as a tim­ber mer­chant, and for the great­er part of his life wrote po­e­try. His hymns were most­ly writ­ten be­tween 1856 and 1864. His works in­clude:

• Belgium and Up and Down the Rhine, 1858
• Sunday Sun­shine: New Hymns and Po­ems for the Young (Lon­don: Nisbet & Co., 1858)
• Home Mus­ings: Me­tri­cal Lay Ser­mons, 1862
• Heart Mel­o­dies: Be­ing 365 New Hymns and Psalms (Lon­don: Snow, 1862)
• Fret Not, and Other Po­ems, 1869

Sources

Lyrics

1. Always by day, Always by Night
2. And Is It True That Jesus Came?
3. At Jordan John Baptizing Taught
4. Cross Purposes, How Sad They Are
5. Daniel Was Right as Right Could Be
6. From Grassy Nest on Fluttering Wing
7. God Does Not Judge as We Must Do
8. God Made the Sea, the Wide, Deep Sea
9. Good Night, Good Night, the Day Is Done
10. Good Old Book! With Histories, The
11. Gracious Savior, Gentle Shepherd
12. Great God, the World Is Full of Thee
13. Holy and Happy Youth, A
14. How Joyously Amongst the Flow­ers
15. I Always Love Those Friends the Best
16. If Anything Seems Too Hard to Do
17. In Eden’s garden, Fair and Bright
18. In My Soft Bed When Quite Alone
19. In the Wilde Desert Far from Home
20. It Is But Little That I Know
21. Let Us Pray, the Lord Is Will­ing
22. Light of the World! Whose Kind and Gen­tle Care
23. May I Touch His Garment’s Hem
24. No Tears in Heaven! Ah, Then I Know
25. Noble River, Wide and Deep, A
26. O Lead Me Not, O Lead Me Not
27. On the Green Grass Five Thou­sand Men
28. Over the Fields in Hedge­rows Green
29. Pebble in the Water, A
30. Sometimes I Do Not Like to Feel
31. Sparrow with Its Plain Brown Coat, A
32. There is One Thing Quite Sure to Make
33. Thou Blessed Jesus, Pity Me
34. Thought Is But a Little Thing, A
35. Through All the Way, the Little Way
36. ’Tis Very Wonderful, I’m Sure
37. Tramp, Tramp upon Their Un­known Way
38. Tranquil Heart and Pleasant Thought, A
39. Was It for Me, Dear Lord, for Me?
40. When God Bade Abraham Sa­cri­fice
41. When Jairus’ Daugh­ter Was so Ill
42. When Morning, Fresh and Bright and New
43. Year After Year, with Pa­tient Love