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Coxe, Arthur Cleveland

bishop, author, poet, was born May 10, 1818, in Mendham, N. J. He was the second protestant episcopal bishop of western New York. He was the author of Christian Ballads; Halloween; Athanasius and Other Poems; Advent, a Mystery; Saul, a Mystery; Athwold, a Romaunt; St. Jonathan, the Lay of a Scald; and Letters to Monsignore Satolli. His other works comprise Impressions of England; Thoughts on the Services; Apollos, or the Way of God; The Criterion, a Means of Distinguishing Truth from Error; Institutes of Christian History; Signs of the Times; L'Episcopat de l'Occident, a defense of Anglican theology; and The Penitential.

He died in 1896.

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