PARKER, JOSEPH ( 1830-1902 ) . An English Congregational clergyman. He was born at Hexham, Northumberland. Ile had little train ing in the schools, but read much. In 1852 he attended classes it Univer•.sity College, Lon don. In 1553 he became pastor of the Congrega tional Chapel at Banbury, and remained five years, when he was called to the Cavendish Street Chapel, Manchester. He at first declined on account of a debt contracted in building a new church at Banbury; but the Manchester people assumed the debt, and the transfer was: effected. In 1869 he left :Manchester and went to London to preach at the Old Poultry Chapel, Cheapside. Here his success was so great that the chapel be came inadequate for the congregations, and in 1874 the City Temple on Holt:tun Viaduct opened. He continued pastor of the church until Iris death at his home in Hampstead. Ills eccen tricities did not always secure public approba tion, but he was surrounded by enthusiastic admirers who turned the edge of public criti cism. He was twice chairman of tire London
Congregational Board, and twice of the Congre gational Union of London and Wales. In 1587 Ire visited America, and delivered a eulogy on his friend, Ward Beecher. His published works include: Ecce Deus: Essays on the Life and Doctrine of Jesus Christ (1865), a reply to Ecce Homo: The Paraclete (187-01; 77,c People's Bible (25 vols.. 1585 sqq.) ; People's Prayer• Book (1898); Paterson's Parish ( MS). Works of an autobiographical nature are: Springdale Abbey, Extracts front the Letters and Diaries of an Eng lish Preacher (1869) ; Tyne Chylde. ity Life and Ministry, Partly in tire Daylight of Fad, Partly in the Limelight of Fancy (1853) ; .1 Preacher's Life: An Autobiography and an Album (1899). For his life, consult Adamson (New York, 1903).