Coxe, Arthur Cleveland, a bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, was born at
Mendham, N, J., May 10, 1818; graduated
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at the University of New York in
1838; took orders in the ministry in 1841,
and served as rector at Hartford, Baltimore,
and New York. In 1865 he was elected
bishop of Western New York. He died
July 20, 1896. Bishop Coxe was the author
of several small volumes of Poems: Advent,
1837; Christian Ballads, 1840; Athanasion,
1842; Hallowe'en and Other Poems,
1844; Saul, a Mystery, 1845. A few of his
hymns are found in many collections.
As a member of the Hymnal Commission
that prepared the official hymnal of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in 1869-71 he
refused to allow any of his own hymns to
be inserted in that volume, which, Prof. F.
M. Bird thinks, was a case of "too scrupulous modesty."
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| O where are kings and empires now |
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