March 4, 1845, Bas­ford, Not­ting­ham, Eng­land.

De­cem­ber 2, 1929, Bas­ford, Not­ting­ham, Eng­land.

Parker be­longed to the Chel­sea Street Bap­tist Church in Not­ting­ham. He start­ed his ca­reer as an ap­pren­tice in the ma­chine con­struct­ion de­part­ment of a lace mak­ing plant in New Bas­ford, where he worked for some time. Later in his ca­reer he head­ed an in­sur­ance com­pa­ny. His works in­clude:

• The Prin­cess Alice, and Other Po­ems, 1822

• Julian, pp. 113, 1585, 1686
• Reynolds, p. 380

1. Children Know but Lit­tle
2. Gaily Comes the Hours of Glad­ness
3. Ho­ly Spir­it, Hear Us
4. How Sweet the Mess­age Which Je­sus Has Sent
5. I Love to Hear You Tell
6. Jesus, I So Of­ten Need Thee
7. Just in the Har­bor Sail­ing Are We
8. Tell Me the Stor­ies of Je­sus
9. Where the Rush­es Bowed and Quiv­ered
10. Wilt Thou Show Us the Fa­ther?
11. World May Beck­on from Ev­ery Side, The