PARKINSON
695 PARLIAMENTARY CHURCH
Ixvii and Ixx; North Amer. Revieic, xliv, 282; Ixxii, 269.
Parkinson, Richard, D.D., an English divine, was born near the opening of this century, and was ed- ucated at St. John's College, Cambridge. After taking lioly orders he ■vvas successively canon of jNIanchester, rural dean, and the principal of St. Bee's College. He died in 1858. He published Sei-mons on Points of Doc- trine, and Rules of Duty (1820, 2 vols. 12mo) : — Rational- ism and Revelation (Hulsean Lectures for 1837) : — The Constitution of the Visible Church of Christ considered (Hulsean Lectures for 1838) : — Sermons on Transubstun- tiation and Invocation (1841, 12mo); and miscellaneous works. See Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and A mer. A itth. s. v.
Parkinson, Thomas, D.D., an English divine, was born in 1745, and was educated at Christ Church, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow and tutor. In 1790 he was given the rectorate of Kegworth, and in 1794 was made archdeacon of Huntingdon. He died in 1830. Dr. Parkinson was a devoted student of higher mathematics, and his publications in that branch of science are greatly esteemed. He also published sev- eral of his Sermons (Chester, 1802, 4to ; 1816, 8vo).
Parkinson, "William, a Baptist minister, was born in Frederick Co., Md., Nov. 8, 1774; his early educa- tion was limited. After following commercial pursuits for a while, he opened a school in 1794 or 1795 at Car- roll's Manor, Frederick Co., and was there ordained April 1, 1798. In 1801 he was chosen chaplain to Congress, and was re-elected for two successive years. In April, 1805, he became pastor of the First Baptist Church of New York, where he continued until his health having become too much impaired to permit of his remaining in charge of so large a congregation, he took the pastor- ate of the Bethesda Baptist Church in 1841. He died March 10, 1848. Mr. Parkinson published A Treatise on the Public Ministry of the Word (1818) ; and A Series of Sermons on the Thirty-third Chapter of Deuteronomy (1831, 2 vols. 8vo). See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, vi, 362.
Parkison, CHRisxoPHEn, a minister of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, was born Oct. 18, 1797, in Cecil County, Maryland. The only information we have of his earl}' religious life is that lie was converted to God and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church at the " Old Bethel Church," within the bounds of what is now the Wilmington Conference. In 1829 he was received on trial in the Baltimore Conference, and appointed to Lancaster Circuit. Thereafter the following were his successive fields of labor, viz.: 1830, Clearspring; 1831, Springfield; 1832, Christiansburg ; 1833, Monroe; 1834, Fairfax; 1835, Westmoreland; 1836, Ebenezer; 1837-38, Cumberland; 1839, superannuated; 1840, Mission to colored people in Anne Arundel Co., Md. ; 1841, AVest IJiver; 1842, Woodstock; 1843, Augusta; 1844-45, Springfield: 1846-47, South Branch; 1848, Havre de Grace; 1849, Patapsco ; 1850-51, Bath ; 1852, Wardens- ville; 1853-54, Woodberry ; 1855, Hancock; 1856, Boons- borough ; 1857, supernumerary; 1858-59, Lost River; 1860-61, Charles: 1862, Bladensburg ; 1863, Baltimore Circuit; 1864, St. Mary's. In 18G5 he took a superan- nuated relation. He died April 30, 1867. Christopher Parkison was appreciated most by those who knew him iiest. His piety was earnest and consistent. "Intellect- ually he deserved to be ranked with the strong men of the Church. His mind, naturally clear and vigorous, was cultivated by habitual reading and much thought. He was a diligent student of the Scriptures, bringing out of the sacred treasury things new and old. His sermons were able expositions of the Gospel of Christ ; less ornate than convincing, 'commending him as the messenger of truth to every man's conscience in the sight of God.' " See Minutes of the A nnual Conferences, 1869.
Parkman, Ebenezer, an American Congrega- tional minister, was born in 1703, and was educated at
Harvard College, where he graduated in 1721. He en- tered the ministry that j-ear as pastor of the Church at Westborough, Mass. He died in 1782. He published, Reformers and Intercessors sought by God, a sermon (Boston, 1752, 8vo) : — Convention Sermon (1761, 8vo). A short account of Westborough written by him is pre- served in the Mass, Hist. Soc. Collections,
Parkman, Francis, D.D., a Unitarian minister, was born in the city of Boston June 4, 1788. He was ed- ucated at Harvard University, class of 1807. He studied theology under Dr. William E. Channing, and at the Universit}' of Edinburgh. He was ordained Dec. 8, 1813. From 1813 to 1849 he was pastor of the New North Church in Boston. He died at Boston Nov. 12, 1852, Dr. Parkman published The Offering of Sym- pathy (1829), and some occasional sermons and ad- dresses. The Parkman professorship of pulpit eloquence and pastoral care in the Cambridge Theological School was founded by his munificence; and he took an active part in nearly all the most important charitable institu- tions of his native city. See Drake, Did. A mer. Biog, s. v.; Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, v'in, 449; Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and Amer. Authors, s. v.
Parks, Isaac, D.D., a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Granville, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1803. He was converted when about twenty-two years of age, and licensed to preach in 1829 by Rev. Tobias Spicer. In 1834 he was admitted into the Oneida Con- ference, and appointed to East Cayuga Circuit; in 1835, to Carbondale; 1836, to Brooklyn; 1837, Nichols, and subsequently to Groton, Fleming, Newfield, Morrisville, and Skaneateles. In 1848 he was stationed in Stock- bridge ; in 1849 he was called to supply the place of the presiding elder on the district. From 1850 to 1854 he was presiding elder of Otsego District, and from 1854 to 1858 of the Oneida. In 1858-59 he was stationed in Canastota: in 1860-61 in Fort Plain. The General Conference of 1860 transferred Fort Plain to the Troy Conference. In 1862-63 he labored in Gloversville ; 1864-65 in Cambridge; and in 1866-67 in Whitehall. In 1868 he was appointed presiding elder of Poultney District. He died April 15, 1869. He was a laborious and faithful minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He took a deep interest in the cause of education, and was elected regent of the University of New York in 1857. His social qualities were very striking. He was always cheerful, and always striving to make others happy. Sullenness and gloom could not live in his presence. All who knew him loved him. See Minutes of Confer- ences, 1870, p. 140, 141.