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'''Henry Sloane Coffin''' (January 5, 1877 in [[New York City]] &ndash; November 25, 1954 in [[Lakeville, Connecticut]]) was president of the [[Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York|Union Theological Seminary]], [[Moderator of the General Assembly|Moderator]] of the [[Presbyterian Church USA]], and one of the most famous ministers in the U.S. He was also one of the translators of the popular hymn ''[[O Come, O Come Emmanuel]]'', along with [[John Mason Neale]].<ref>[http://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh211.sht O Come, O Come Emmanuel] on HymnSite.org</ref><ref>[http://www.worshiptutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2010/08/O-Come-O-Come-Emmanuel-Em.pdf O Come, O Come Emmanuel] on WorshipTutorials</ref>
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'''Henry Sloane Coffin''' (January 5, 1877, in [[New York City]] &ndash; November 25, 1954, in [[Lakeville, Connecticut]]) was president of the [[Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York|Union Theological Seminary]], [[Moderator of the General Assembly|Moderator]] of the [[Presbyterian Church in the United States of America]], and one of the most famous ministers in the United States. He was also one of the translators of the popular hymn "[[O Come, O Come Emmanuel]]", along with [[John Mason Neale]].<ref>[http://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh211.sht O Come, O Come Emmanuel] on HymnSite.org</ref><ref>[http://www.worshiptutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2010/08/O-Come-O-Come-Emmanuel-Em.pdf O Come, O Come Emmanuel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104051254/http://www.worshiptutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2010/08/O-Come-O-Come-Emmanuel-Em.pdf |date=2010-11-04 }} on WorshipTutorials</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==


Coffin was the son of Edmund Coffin and Euphemia Sloane. He was an heir to the fortune of the furniture firm of [[W. & J. Sloane|W. and J. Sloane & Co]]. He had a brother called William, who was later the president of New York's [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]].
Coffin was the son of Edmund Coffin and Euphemia Sloane. He was an heir to the fortune of the furniture firm of [[W. & J. Sloane|W. and J. Sloane & Co]]. His brother was William Sloane Coffin, who was later the president of New York's [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]].


Coffin attended [[Yale University]] between 1893 and 1897 obtaining a [[Bachelor of Arts]]. In 1896, he was one of fifteen juniors invited to join the [[Skull and Bones]]. He continued his [[Master's degree]] on Yale, graduating in 1900.
Coffin attended [[Yale College]] and obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1897. In 1896, he was one of fifteen juniors invited to join the [[Skull and Bones]]. He then received his master's degree from Yale in 1900.


[[File:Henry Sloane Coffin Gravesite 2010.JPG|thumb|left|The gravesite of Henry Sloane Coffin]]During his time at Yale, Coffin was on friendly terms with evangelist [[Dwight L. Moody]], who devoted considerable attention to Coffin during his famous Northfield Conferences in Massachusetts. In spite of Moody's influence, Coffin would emerge as a leading theological liberal.
[[File:Henry Sloane Coffin Gravesite 2010.JPG|thumb|right|The gravesite of Henry Sloane Coffin]]
During his time at Yale, Coffin was on friendly terms with evangelist [[Dwight L. Moody]], who devoted considerable attention to Coffin during his famous Northfield Conferences in Massachusetts. In spite of Moody's influence, Coffin would emerge as a leading theological liberal.


Coffin also obtained his [[Bachelor of Divinity]] from the [[Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York|Union Theological Seminary]] in 1900. He then became pastor of Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in [[New York City]] in 1910. He declined an offer to become president of Union Theological Seminary in 1916. In 1917, he became Chairman of the Committee of the Board of Home Missions. In 1926, offered the presidency of Union a second time, he accepted and retained the post until 1945.
Coffin also obtained his [[Bachelor of Divinity]] from the [[Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York|Union Theological Seminary]] in 1900. He then became pastor of [[Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church (New York City)|Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church]] in [[New York City]] in 1910. He declined an offer to become president of Union Theological Seminary in 1916. In 1917, he became Chairman of the Committee of the Board of Home Missions. In 1926, offered the presidency of Union a second time, he accepted and retained the post until 1945.

On March 20, 1927, Coffin preached at a 75th Anniversary service for the [[Central Congregational Church (Providence, Rhode Island)|Central Congregational Church]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Gurney Edwards |title=The First Century of Central Congregational Church |date=1952 |location=Providence |page=85 |chapter=IV}}</ref>


Coffin was married to Dorothy Eells. He was the uncle of [[William Sloane Coffin]], and a member of the [[Yale Corporation]] (1921–45).
Coffin was married to Dorothy Eells. He was the uncle of [[William Sloane Coffin]], and a member of the [[Yale Corporation]] (1921–45).


Henry Sloane Coffin died in 1954 at age 77 and was interred at [[Sleepy Hollow Cemetery]] in [[Sleepy Hollow, New York|Sleepy Hollow]], [[NY]].
Henry Sloane Coffin died in 1954 at age 77 and was interred at [[Sleepy Hollow Cemetery]] in [[Sleepy Hollow, New York|Sleepy Hollow]], [[New York (state)|NY]].

==Works==
===Music===
*{{cite book |author1-last=Coffin |author1-first=Henry Sloane |author2-last=Vernon |author2-first=Ambrose White |title=Hymns of the Kingdom of God, with tunes
|url=https://archive.org/details/hymnsofkingdomof00coff |location=New York |publisher=Barnes |date=1910 |oclc=816788 }}

===Books===
*{{cite book |author1-last=Coffin |author1-first=Henry Sloane |author1-mask=3 |title=Social Aspects of the Cross |url=https://archive.org/details/socialaspectsofc00coff |location=New York |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton ; George H. Doran Company |date=1911 |oclc=2025617 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Coffin |author1-first=Henry Sloane |author1-mask=3 |title=University Sermons |url=https://archive.org/details/universitysermo01coffgoog |location=New Haven, CT |publisher=Yale University Press |date=1914 |oclc=3087064 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Coffin |author1-first=Henry Sloane |author1-mask=3 |title=The Ten Commandments: with a Christian application to present conditions |url=https://archive.org/details/tencommandmentsw00coff_0 |location=New York |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton ; George H. Doran Company |date=1915 |oclc=24003995 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Coffin |author1-first=Henry Sloane |author1-mask=3 |title=Some Christian Convictions: a practical restatement in terms of present-day thinking |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.508945 |location=New Haven, CT ; London |publisher=Yale University Press ; Oxford University Press |date=1915 |oclc=2161577 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Coffin |author1-first=Henry Sloane |author1-mask=3 |title=In a Day of Social Rebuilding: lectures on the ministry of the church |series=Lyman Beecher lectures |volume=44th |location=New Haven, CT |publisher=Yale University Press |date=1918 |oclc=6438204 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Coffin |author1-first=Henry Sloane |author1-mask=3 |title=What is There in Religion? |location=New York |publisher=Macmillan |date=1922 |oclc=1433526 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Coffin |author1-first=Henry Sloane |author1-mask=3 |title=What to preach |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.262149 |location=New York |publisher=George H. Doran Company |date=1926 |oclc=331924 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Coffin |author1-first=Henry Sloane |author1-mask=3 |title=The Portraits of Jesus Christ in the New Testament |location=New York |publisher=Macmillan |date=1926 |oclc=1015672 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Coffin |author1-first=Henry Sloane |author1-mask=3 |title=The Meaning of the Cross |location=New York |publisher=Scribner |date=1931 |oclc=5744451 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Coffin |author1-first=Henry Sloane |author1-mask=3 |title=What Men are Asking: some current questions in religion |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.167179 |series=Cole lectures - 1933
|location=Nashville, TN |publisher=Cokesbury Press |date=1933 |oclc=6028333 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Coffin |author1-first=Henry Sloane |author1-mask=3 |title=God's Turn |location=New York ; London |publisher=Harper & Bros. |date=1934 |oclc=3068432 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Coffin |author1-first=Henry Sloane |author1-mask=3 |title=Religion Yesterday and Today |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.89370 |location=Nashville, TN |publisher=Cokesbury Press |date=1940 |oclc=3297242 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Coffin |author1-first=Henry Sloane |author1-mask=3 |title=The Public Worship of God: a source book |series=Westminster Source Books |location=Philadelphia, PA |publisher=The Westminster Press |date=1946 |oclc=166224 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Coffin |author1-first=Henry Sloane |author1-mask=3 |title=God Confronts Man in History |location=New York |publisher=Scribner |date=1947 |oclc=1444731 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Coffin |author1-first=Henry Sloane |author1-mask=3 |title=Communion Through Preaching: the monstrance of the Gospel |series=George Craig Stewart Lectures |location=New York |publisher=Scribner |date=1952 |oclc=500871 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Coffin |author1-first=Henry Sloane |author1-mask=3 |title=A Half Century of Union Theological Seminary, 1896-1945: an informal history |location=New York |publisher=Scribner |date=1954 |oclc=664803 }}
*{{cite book |author1-last=Coffin |author1-first=Henry Sloane |author1-mask=3 |editor1-last=Bowie |editor1-first=Walter Russell |editor1-link=Walter Russell Bowie |title=Joy in Believing: selections from the spoken and written words and the prayers |location=New York |publisher=Scribner, [1956 |oclc=547760 }}

===Articles and chapters===
*{{cite book |author1-last=Coffin |author1-first=Henry Sloane |author1-mask=3 |chapter=Religion in the last hundred years |title=A Century of Social Thought: a series of lectures delivered at Duke University during the academic year 1938-1939 as a part of the centennial celebration of that institution |series=Duke University Publications |location=Durham, NC |publisher=Duke University Press |date=1939 |oclc=3370775 }}


==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of people on the cover of Time Magazine: 1920s]] - 15 Nov. 1926
* [[List of covers of Time magazine (1920s)|People on the cover of ''Time'' magazine]] - November 15, 1926


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{gutenberg author| id=Henry+Sloane+Coffin | name=Henry Sloane Coffin}}
* {{Gutenberg author |id=6698| name=Henry Sloane Coffin}}
* [http://www.nndb.com/people/189/000115841/ Henry Sloane Coffin] on NNDB
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Henry Sloane Coffin}}


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Henry Sloane Coffin
Coffin on the cover of Time November 15, 1926
Born(1877-01-05)January 5, 1877
New York City, U.S.
DiedNovember 25, 1954(1954-11-25) (aged 77)
Lakeville, Connecticut, U.S.
TitlePresident of the Union Theological Seminary
SpouseDorothy (nee Eells)
Academic background
EducationYale College, Union Theological Seminary

Henry Sloane Coffin (January 5, 1877, in New York City – November 25, 1954, in Lakeville, Connecticut) was president of the Union Theological Seminary, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, and one of the most famous ministers in the United States. He was also one of the translators of the popular hymn "O Come, O Come Emmanuel", along with John Mason Neale.[1][2]

Biography

Coffin was the son of Edmund Coffin and Euphemia Sloane. He was an heir to the fortune of the furniture firm of W. and J. Sloane & Co. His brother was William Sloane Coffin, who was later the president of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Coffin attended Yale College and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in 1897. In 1896, he was one of fifteen juniors invited to join the Skull and Bones. He then received his master's degree from Yale in 1900.

The gravesite of Henry Sloane Coffin

During his time at Yale, Coffin was on friendly terms with evangelist Dwight L. Moody, who devoted considerable attention to Coffin during his famous Northfield Conferences in Massachusetts. In spite of Moody's influence, Coffin would emerge as a leading theological liberal.

Coffin also obtained his Bachelor of Divinity from the Union Theological Seminary in 1900. He then became pastor of Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City in 1910. He declined an offer to become president of Union Theological Seminary in 1916. In 1917, he became Chairman of the Committee of the Board of Home Missions. In 1926, offered the presidency of Union a second time, he accepted and retained the post until 1945.

On March 20, 1927, Coffin preached at a 75th Anniversary service for the Central Congregational Church in Providence, Rhode Island.[3]

Coffin was married to Dorothy Eells. He was the uncle of William Sloane Coffin, and a member of the Yale Corporation (1921–45).

Henry Sloane Coffin died in 1954 at age 77 and was interred at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, NY.

Works

Music

  • Coffin, Henry Sloane; Vernon, Ambrose White (1910). Hymns of the Kingdom of God, with tunes. New York: Barnes. OCLC 816788.

Books

Articles and chapters

  • ——— (1939). "Religion in the last hundred years". A Century of Social Thought: a series of lectures delivered at Duke University during the academic year 1938-1939 as a part of the centennial celebration of that institution. Duke University Publications. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. OCLC 3370775.

See also

References

  1. ^ O Come, O Come Emmanuel on HymnSite.org
  2. ^ O Come, O Come Emmanuel Archived 2010-11-04 at the Wayback Machine on WorshipTutorials
  3. ^ Gurney Edwards (1952). "IV". The First Century of Central Congregational Church. Providence. p. 85.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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Preceded by
The Rev. Stuart Nye Hutchison
 Moderator of the 155th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
1943–1944 		Succeeded by
The Rev. Roy Ewing Vale
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