Introduction

Biography

Coster stu­died for the Con­gre­ga­tion­al min­is­try at New Col­lege, Lon­don. He was or­dained in 1859 at New­port, Ess­ex, and held pas­tor­ates in New­port; Barn­sta­ple, Devon; Stroud, Glou­ces­ter­shire; Hull, York­shire; South Nor­wood, Sur­rey; Whit­by, York­shire; and Hes­sle (near Hull).

He was large­ly re­spon­si­ble for found­ing the Vic­tor­ia Hos­pi­tal for child­ren in Hull, and the lo­cal branch of The Guild of Brave Poor Things.

He re­tired in 1902 to live at Birk­dale, Lan­ca­shire, and at Roth­er­ham.

Works

• Lorrin and Oth­er Po­ems, 1859
• Pastors and Peo­ple, 1869
• Temperance Me­lo­dies and Re­li­gious Hymns, 1869
• The Rhyme of St. Pe­ter’s Fall, 1871
• Allegories, 1878
• Poems and Hymns, 1882
• Collected Po­ems, 1890
• Gloria Chris­ti, 1896
• Hessle Hymns, 1901
• When the Stars Ap­pear, 1903
• Beams of Christ’s Glo­ry, 1904