It was given to the Church by Arthur Cleveland Coxe, an American bishop, in 1851, and since that time it has made its victorious course around the world.
"The Story of Our Hymns"
Ernest Edwin Ryden
It was on Good Friday, in the year 1850, that the first stanza was written by Bishop Coxe at his home in Hartford, Conn.
"The Story of Our Hymns"
Ernest Edwin Ryden
Bishop Coxe was not primarily a hymn-writer.
"The Story of Our Hymns"
Ernest Edwin Ryden
