A. Cleveland Coxe

A. Cleveland Coxe
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Short Name: A. Cleveland Coxe
Full Name: Coxe, A. Cleveland (Arthur Cleveland), 1818-1896
Birth Year: 1818
Death Year: 1896

Coxe, Arthur Cleveland, D.D. LL.D. One of the most distinguished of American prelates, and son of an eminent Presbyterian minister, the Rev. Samuel H. Cox, D.D., was born at Mendham, New Jersey, May 10,1818. Graduating at the University of New York in 1838, and taking Holy Orders in 1841, he became Rector of St. John's, Hartford, Connecticut, in the following year. In 1851 he visited England, and on his return was elected Rector of Grace Church, Baltimore, 1854, and Calvary, New York, 1863. His consecration as Bishop of the Western Diocese of New York took place in 1865. His residence is at Buffalo. Bishop Coxe is the author of numerous works. His poetical works were mostly written in early life, and include Advent, 1837; Athanasion, &c, 1842; Christian Ballads, 1840 (Preface to the English edition, April, 1848); Hallowe'en and Other Poems, 1844; Saul, a Mystery, 1845, &c. Some of Bishop Coxe's hymns are found in the collections of every religious body in America, except the official collections of his own. This is accounted for by his too scrupulous modesty. As a member of the Hymnal Committee, in 1869-71, he refused to permit the insertion of his own lyrics. As he has not preserved memoranda, and has no precise recollection of dates, several dates here given are somewhat uncertain.
1. Behold an Israelite indeed. St. Bartholomew. First appeared in "Poems," published with his Christian Ballads, 1840, and found in an altered form in the People's H. and the Hymnary.
2. Body of Jesus, 0 sweet Food. Holy Communion. Written at St. James's College, Maryland (since broken up by the Civil War), Ascension Day, 1858. It was first printed for private use, and then published in the Cantate Domino, Boston, 1859, No. 53, and again in other American collections. It is also in Schaff’s Christ in Song, 1869, and in The Churchman's Altar Manual, 2nd ed., 1883.
3. Breath of the Lord, 0 Spirit blest.Whitsuntide. Bishop Coxe considers this more worthy of being called a hymn than anything else from his pen. It was written long before it appeared in the New York Independent, Whitsuntide, 1878. It is in the Schaff-Gilman Library of Religious Poetry, 1881, and Brooke's Churchman's Manual of Private and Family Devotion, 1883.
4. Christ is arisen. Easter. This is suggested by, and partly translated from, the famous Easter Chorus in Goethe's Faust, "Christ ist erstanden" (see Goethe), and appeared in Hallowe'en, 1844.
5. He who for Christ hath left behind. St. Matthew. From his Christian Ballads, &c, 1840.
6. In the silent midnight watches. Christ knocking. From his Athanasion, &c, 1842; an impressive moral poem rather than a hymn on Christ knocking at the door, extensively used in America, and sometimes in England. Original text, Schaff's Christ in Song, 1869.
7. Lord, when Thou didst come from heaven. A hymn for Epiphany, on behalf of Western Missions, appeared among the "Lays "appended to Hallowe'en, 1844, and again in later editions of the Christian Ballad. It is sometimes abbreviated, as in Lyra Sac. Amer., " Westward, Lord, the world alluring."
8. Now pray we for our country. National Hymn. A stanza from Chronicles, or meditations on events in the history of England, called up by visiting her abbeys and cathedrals, and appeared in Christian Ballads, 1840. Originally it began, "Now pray we for our mother," and, with the succeeding stanza, was a call upon Americans to pray for their mother country. It is adopted by Dr. Martineau in his Hys., 1873.
9. 0 walk with God, and thou shalt find. Holiness. Appeared in his Hallowe’en, &c, 1844, and is found in Lyra Sac. Amer.
10. 0 where are kings and empires now! Church of God. The 6th stanza of his ballad "Chelsea," which appeared in the Churchman, 1839, and again in his Christian Ballads, 1840.
11. Saviour, sprinkle many nations. Missions. “Begun on Good Friday, 1850, and completed 1851, in the grounds of Magdalen College, Oxford." 1st published. in Verses for 1851, in Commemoration of the third Jubilee of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, edited by the Rev. Ernest Hawkins, 1851. It was subsequently appended to the English edition of his Christian Ballads. It is regarded as Bishop Coxe's best piece, and to many minds it is the loveliest of missionary hymns. Its use in England is very extensive. It is not found in the American Episcopal hymnal for the reason given above.
12. Still as our day our strength shall be. Temptation. Appeared in his Hallowe'en, &c, 1844, and Lyra Sac. Amer.
13. Soldier, to the contest pressing. Christian Conflict. From his Hallowe'en, &c, 1844, and Lyra Sac. Amer. It was written in 1834.
14. There is a land like Eden fair. From Hallowe'en, &c, into a few collections.
15. We are living, we are dwelling. Christian Soldiers. An impressive moral poem rather than a hymn, but extensively used. It appeared in his Athanasion, &c, 1840, and Lyra &xc.
16. Who is this, with garments gory. Passiontide. From his “Lays" appended to Hallowe'en, 1844, and again in his Christian Ballads. It is found in the Child's Christian Year, 4th ed. N.D., the People's Hymns, and other collections. It is in 4 stanza of 8 1. The last stanza is sometimes given as a separate hymn:—"Hail, all hail, Thou Lord of Glory."
17. When o'er Judea's vales and hills. Written cir. 1840, and published in his Hallowe'en, &c, 1844, and again, with the author's final corrections, made in 1869, in Schaff's Christ in Song (1870 ed. p. 112). Also in the English edition of his Christian Ballads. From this "Hymn to the Redeemer," two shorter hymns have been com¬piled : (1) " How beauteous were the marks divine." This is in almost universal American and occasional English use. (2) "O who like Thee, so calm, so bright," in the Hymnary, 1872.

Bishop Coxe has also translated the Pange lingua gloriosi corporis (q. v.), and is the author of the beautiful Christmas Carol, "Carol, carol, Christians," given in his Christian Ballads, &c. [Rev. F. M. Bird]

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)


Texts by A. Cleveland Coxe (47)sort ascendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Years cannot make their strength decayA. Cleveland Coxe (Author)English2
Who is this with garments goryArthur C. Coxe (Author)English5
Where the wilderness is lyingA. Cleveland Coxe (Author)3
When the gorgeous day beginsA. Cleveland Coxe (Author)1
When my voice at morn and evenArthur Cleveland Coxe (Author)3
Westward, Lord, the world alluringA. C. Coxe (Author)6
We are living, we are dwelling In a grand and awful timeA. Cleveland Coxe (Author)English241
Thy works, how beauteous, how divineA. Cleveland Coxe (Author)3
There is a land, like Eden fairA. Cleveland Coxe (Author)3
The winter is over and gone at lastArthur Cleveland Coxe (Author)English10
The organ played sweet musicArthur Cleveland Coxe (Author)3
Tell us, Gardener, dost thou knowA. Cleveland Coxe (Author)3
Still as our day our strength shall beArthur Cleveland Coxe (Author)3
Soldier, to the contest pressingA. Cleveland Coxe (Author)6
Silently the shades of evening, Gather round my lowly doorC. C. Coxe (Author)English3
See how yon little lark is borneA. Cleveland Coxe (Author)English2
Savior, sprinkle many nationsArthur Cleveland Coxe, 1818-1896 (Author)English179
¡Qué tremendos, decisivosArthur C. Coxe, 1818-1896 (Author)Spanish5
O who like thee so humbly bore the scornA. Cleveland Coxe (Author)2
O who like Thee, so calm, so brightA. Cleveland Coxe (Author)English31
O where are kings and empires nowArthur Cleveland Coxe (Author)English371
O weep not for me, I can never be blestArthur Cleveland Coxe (Author)3
O weep for those that wept by Babel's streamA. Cleveland Coxe (Author)3
O weep for them who never knewArthur Cleveland Coxe (Author)3
O walk with God, and thou shalt findA. Cleveland Coxe (Author)English6
O blessed my JesuA. C. Coxe (Author)English2
Now pray we for our countryArthur Cleveland Coxe (Author)English8
Ma kamalu o ka mehaRev. A. C. Coxe (Author)Hawaiian2
Lord, when thou didst come from heavenArthur Cleveland Coxe (Author)3
Jesus lives! thy terrors nowArthur Cleveland Coxe, b. 1818 (Translator)English1
In the silent midnight watches, List! thy bosom door!A. Cleveland Coxe (Author)English90
In the silent midnight watches, Standing at your doorRev. A. C. Coxe, D.D. (Author)English3
In der stillen Nächte StundenArthur Cleveland Coxe (Author)German12
In der Nächte stillenA. C. Coxe (Author)German2
I love the church, the holy churchArthur Cleveland Coxe (Author)English19
I know, I know where the green leaves growArthur Cleveland Coxe (Author)7
I den tause midnattstimeArthur C. Coxe (Author)Norwegian2
I de tause midnatstimerA. Cleveland Coxe (Author)3
How in the flowery spring, my GodRev. A. C. Coxe, D.D. (Author)English12
How beauteous are their feetA. Cleveland Coxe (Author)English1
How beauteous were the marks divineArthur C. Coxe (Author)English258
Hail, all hail, Thou Lord of gloryA. Cleveland Coxe (Author)English7
Eternity, Eternity, How long art thou, eternity! Yet onward still we speed to theeCox (Author)English1
Christ is arisen, joy to thee, mortalA. Cleveland Coxe (Author)3
Carol, carol, Christians, Carol joyfullyArthur Cleveland Coxe (Author)English32
Body of Jesus, O sweet foodA. Cleveland Coxe (Author)English13
Behold, the expected time draw nearCoxe (Author)English4

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