Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-29

Coke was born in England in May.
1918. and was a son of the Rev. Samuel
Hanson Coke, ID. D.. noted Presby-
terrain divine. He was graduated with
high honors by the university OF the
city of New York at the age of twenty.
He Immediately entered upon = three
years course OF study at the General
Theological Seminary. and at his ordi-
nation entered on a brief charge of st.
AIMS. Morrisania In 1912 he became
| rector OF ST. Johns. Hartford. Conn.
His brilliant rectorship of this parish
continued twelve years. when he was
summoned to the rectorship of Grace
church. Baltimore. In 1868 he be-
came rector OF Calvary church, New
York. only to be chosen. after two
years. for the episcopate Of Western
| New York.
| The earliest years OF his manhood
laid a broad foundation for the emin-
ence which he afterward attained. 1t
was VIII lie he was still a student In the
| General Theological Seminary, II we
mistake not. that he published his
| "Christian Ballads" This volume was
| at once recognized as placing Its
author among the choicest of English
religious poets. and it has continued to
| be a household book in England as
| we'll as here. During his rectorship
at Hartford he published "Athanasion
and Other Poems" Halloween and
Other POEMS" Saul and other
Poems.'' and Impressions OF Eng
land" This last volume was the result
Of an extended and very important and
fruitful European tour. 1t shows a
close study and a delicate apprecia-
ton. and it was exceedingly we'll re-
ceived in England. 1t was just at the
| close OF his Hartford rectorship that
he published his APOLOGY for the Eng
lish Bible" and succeeded In securing
the suppression OF the costly but very
unsch olarly revisions OF the English
translation which had been made by
the American Bible Society
His nine years rectorship Of Grace
church. Baltimore, brought into prom
inence the intense patriotism which
was marked characteristic OF the
man. He was diligent during the war
in visiting the sick and wounded SOL
diers in hospitals and on the field. and
in his parish he stood firmly for the
Union cause. though n large part OF
his parish sympathized with the oppo-
cite side. 1t was n time that tried
mems hearts and engendered intensest
bitterness even in families. DR.. Coke.
however. stood firmly by his convic-
lions. and would not yield to any de-
mand in behalf OF the confederate
cause. Yet he was kind and as
conciliatOry as he was Iirm. and he
won the hearty respect OF those who
differed most widely with him.
In his episcopate, Bishop Coke was a
man OF mark among his fellow bishops.
His mind was very active and very re-
sourceful. Filled with a devoted love
for his church and his country, he
watched all events with the eye of a
church man and of a patriot In
France he urged religious reform and
the reviviication and independence OF
the Gallican church. He COM
batted the exercise OF papal infu-
ence in this country, as. for instance. in
his vigorous protests against the COM
ing of Monsignor Satolli as a papal
nblegate to America. One of his most
| important works was the establish
; ment OF the Christian literature society
In New York City. This society haspub-
lished a superb edition OF the Ante
Nicene F'athes," which was edited by
Bishop Coke. Nowhere else have HE
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