PARRICIDE
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PARRY
that on these subjects his mind underwent a change in the latter part of liis Hfe. Still his notions about civil and religious liberty were never the clearest or the most comprehensive; for while he could recommend conciliation to the Koman Catholics and the Unitarians, he did not hesitate to suggest persecution against the Methodists. Parr left a vast mass of papers behind him, consisting of his correspondence, and of historical, critical, and metaphysical disquisitions. His published writings, with a memoir by Dr. Johnstone (1828), fill eight thick octavo volumes. They relate to matters his- torical, critical, and metaphysical, and show a copious erudition, a ready conception, and a vigorous and am- ple style. He republished Tracts by Wurhurton and a Warburtonian to annoy bishop Hurd, the editor of Warburton; and felt no compunction about injuring the fame of Warburton, whom he pretended to admire and respect, if he could only annoy Hurd, who had given him no oftence save what a morbid self-conceit might imagine. See Field, Memoir of Dr. Parr (1828) ; Parrkina (1828); Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and Amer. Authors, 3. V. ; Blackwood's Ma[/azine, .Jan., May, June, 1831.
Parricide (Lat. pariciJa.) is rather a popular than a legal term. In the lioman law it comprehended every one who murdered a near relative; but in English the term is usually confined to the murderer of one's father, or of one who is in loco parentis. The parricide does not, in any respect, ditfer in British and American law from the murderer of a stranger ; in both cases the punish- ment is death by hangnig. In the Roman law a parri- cide was punished in a much more severe manner, be- ing sewed up in a leather sack, along with a live cock, a viper, a dog, and an ape, and cast into the sea to take his fate with those companions.
Parris, Sajiuel, a Congregational minister, was born ill London in 1653. He studied at Harvard Uni- versity, but did not graduate, and engaged in mercantile labors. He became a successful merchant in Boston, but finally felt it his duty to enter the ministry. He was the pastor of the church at Danvers, Mass., from 1(389 to 169G. The Salem witchcraft commenced in his family in 1692. His daughter, and his niece, Abigail Williams, aged eleven, accused Tituba (a South Ameri- can slave), living as a servant in the family, of bewitch- ing them. Mr. Parris beat her, and compelled her to confess herself a witch. John, Tituba's husband, for his own safety, turned accuser of others. Nineteen were hung, and tiyles Cory pressed to death. The delusion lasted sixteen months. As Mr. Parris had been a zeal- ous prosecutor, his Church in April, 1693, brought charges against him. He acknowledged his error, and was dis- missed. After preaching two or three years at Stow, he removed to Concord, and preached six months in Dun- stable in 1711. He died at Sudburv, Mass., Feb. 27, 1720. See Life of Parris, by S. P. Fowler, read to Es- sex Institute (1857, 8vo).
Parrish, Daniel H., a minister of the Jlethodist Episcopal Church, South, was born about 1835, of pious parentage. In 1855 he joined the Baltimore Conference as an itinerant preacher, and in the various stations that he was called upon to serve he labored zealously for the cause of Christ. He commanded the attention which intelligence, piety, and warm and generous sympathies usually secure. He was uncommonly fervent in prayer and earnest in exhortation ; and in none of the duties of his work did he appear to greater advantage than in the labors incident to revivals. A friend writes, '• In these his soul took delight, and great success attended his efforts." He died in February, 1871. See Minutes of Conferences of M. E. Church, South, 1871, p. 525, 526.
Parrish, Joseph, jM.D., a t^iaker noted for his philanthropy, was born in Pliiladeliihia Sept. 2, 1779. Even as a youth he distinguished himself by his pious life. In his twenty-second year he engaged in the study of medicine, and after entering the medical profession
became noted for his skill. He was also an elder in the Society of Friends, and by a noble and consistent life gained the esteem of his fellows. Dr. Parrish especially interested himself in the welfare of the American In- dians. He watched with deep concern those measures which affected their rights, and frequently engaged in efforts to shield them from injury. He was also the friend of the colored people, and early advocated their emancipation. He died March 13, 1840. See Janney, Hist, of Friends, iv, 126, 127.
Parrish, Nathan Covrrey, M.D., a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in West Chester, Ohio, Aug. 17, 1834. When he was but thirteen years of age his father died; when about sixteen years of age he began to teach. In 1855, while a student in Brookville College (in the preparatorj' department of which he was at the same time a teacher), he was con- verted. In 1856 he received his degree in medicine. He soon after felt impressed that he was called to preach ; but he hesitated long to abandon his life-plans. At last, however, his convictions became so settled and thorough that he applied for work in the Kentucky Conference, and was employed by the presiding elder on Vanceburgh Charge. In 1865 he joined the Cincinnati Conference, and was appointed to Venice Circuit. His subsequent appointments were as follows, viz. : To Wayne Street, Piqua; Carr Street, Cincinnati; Venice Circuit, Miami Circuit. Morrow Station, where he remained three years. At the conference of 1873 failing health warned him to rest for a season, and he asked a superannuated relation. He died Feb. 15, 1875. Dr. Parrish was a man of ster- ling worth. Of him it could be faithfully said, he was '• diligent, never unemployed, never triflingly emyiloyed." During his entire ministry he was in the habit of spend- ing from six to ten hours per day in study. As a preacher he was earnest, practical, and eloquent. As a pastor he was faithful. With the irreligious he main- tained a dignified familiarity that honored his office, made him hosts of friends, and gave him large audiences. He had also a happy faculty of interesting children, and he diligently instructed them. See Minutes of Confer- ences, 1875, p. 115.