276. O where are kings and empires now
Arthur C. Coxe, 1818-96
From a larger poem by Coxe, entitled “Chelsea,” containing ten stanzas of eight lines each. It is a hymn of confidence that the church, built on a solid foundation, will survive all earthly kings and empires and will be able to withstand every earthly foe.
Arthur Cleveland Coxe was born at Clifton Springs, N. Y.; graduated from the University of New York and General Theological Seminary; and then became the rector successively of St. John’s Church, Hartford, Conn.; Grace Church, Baltimore; and Calvary Church, New York City. In 1865, he was elected Bishop of Western New York. He was a member of the Hymnal Commission for the Protestant Episcopal Church, which compiled the Hymnal of 1872, but refused, out of modesty, permission to include in that work any of his own hymns.
MUSIC. ST. ANNE. For comments on this tune see [Hymn 61].