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Christian Bateman

Birth: August 9, 1813, Wykes (near Halifax), Scotland
Death: July 27, 1889, Carlisle, England

Christian H. Bateman wrote the hymn "Come, Christians, Join to Sing" in 1843. He was born in Wyke Scotland during 1813. He studied in the Moravian Church, and in 1843 he became minister of Richmond Place Congregational Church in Edinburgh, Scotland.

After serving in Hopton, Yorkshire, Reading, and Berkshire, he took Holy Orders in the Church of England. He served as curate of St. Luke's in Jersey (1869-1871), vicar of All Saints in Childshill, Middlesex (1871-1875), and curate of St. John's Penymyndd, Hawarden (1877-1884).

Bateman's hymns were published in The Sacred Song Book, Sacred Melodies for Children, and The Children's Hymnal and Christian Year (published in 1872).