Arthur was the son of well known Pres­by­ter­i­an min­is­ter Sam­u­el H. Cox (Arthur added the ‘e’ to his sur­name). He at­tend­ed the Un­i­ver­si­ty of New York and the Gen­er­al The­o­log­ic­al Sem­in­ary. He pas­tored at St. John’s Church, Hart­ford, Con­nec­ti­cut; Grace Church, Bal­ti­more, Mar­y­land; and Cal­va­ry Church, New York Ci­ty. He de­clined an ap­point­ment as bi­shop of Texas, but in 1865 be­came Epis­co­pal bi­shop of West­ern New York. His works in­clude:

• Advent, 1837
• Christ­ian Ball­ads, 1840
• Athanasion, 1842
• Hallowe’en and Other Po­ems, 1844
• Saul, a Mys­tery, 1845
• Writings of Haw­thorne, 1851

• Bailey, pp. 494-5
• Hatfield, pp. 166-9
• Hughes, p. 354
• Hustad, p. 227
• Julian, pp. 266, 1626
• Nutter, p. 401

1. Behold an Is­ra­elite In­deed
2. Body of Je­sus, O Sweet Food
3. Breath of the Lord, O Spir­it Blest
4. Carol, Car­ol Christ­ians
5. Christ is Arisen
6. He for Who Christ Hath Left Be­hind
7. How Beau­te­ous Were the Marks Di­vine
8. In the Si­lent Mid­night Watches
9. Lord, When Thou Didst Come from Hea­ven
10. Now We Pray for Our Coun­try
11. O Walk with God, and Thou Shalt Find
12. O Where Are Kings and Em­pires Now
13. O Who Like Thee, So Calm, So Bright
14. Savior, Sprink­le Ma­ny Na­tions
15. Still as Our Day Our Strength Shall Be
16. Sol­dier, to the Con­test Press­ing
17. There Is a Land Like Eden Fair
18. We Are Living, We Are Dwell­ing
19. Who Is This, with Gar­ments Gory
20. When o’er Ju­dea’s Vales and Hills