Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-19
rev. SAMUEL PARKKR.
IRz Rsy. Il. Eells.

IBy Rev. II. Eells.
r..,s we're pioneers to this coast, and
...re vsre pioneers;pioneers By steamer,
sh;n. by wagon, on horseback, and
.S.,s ~ xsre pioneers Of pioneers. Among
.Is.s latter was the subject of this
.Isssh. who explored the way for the
s.s.ss and heroines of 1885 and 1888.
n, Marcus Whitman did q great
- for this coast; 70 great that It has
Zen thought proper to give his name
county and college In our Terri
49, and erect monument OF stone at
- graye. Yet there vas one man Who
ss.scsded him in the work, who led hin
"a other missionaries, aud through
sSsrn MANY others into the country;
.sho shovsd some remarkable qualities,
80 Who did not remain long In the
sonntry. and hence Ia not az we'll known
~ aome of the others-Rev. B. Parker.
Hs gas born at Ash6eld, Massachu-
.stts April %, l779, and was the con Of
TI;sha and Thankful II. Parker. He
.ss Of Puritan ancestry, his grand
s.,ber landing at Plymouth, Mass, not
iono after the settlement Of Plymouth,
hnt soon after he moved TO Yarmouth,
m Cane Cod, where the old family
honastead still stands on Parker river.
The snbject of this sketch began study
Tor college in l77s, ct Williamsburg,
Msss.. but soon ceased because Of i'll
heahh. In 1901 be again began at his
Nome. and continued till he entered
Williams College, In 1908, when he was
admitted to Sophomore standing. he
Graduated in 1906, with an Grafton by
supoiutment. After teaching year in
Rrsttleboro, Vermont, he began the
nudy OF theology with Rev. Theophiius
Pscfard, of Shellboro. Mass, and at
the end Of year was licensed 20 preach.
usrtly because Of his pecuniary straits,
for his parents we're not rich. After
this he Immediately went west, on .
home missionary tour TO Stsuben county,
New York, and Northern Pennsylvauia,
preaching almost daily ct the call
ipQ Of tin horns or hallootng
calls 10 little clusters Of people,
in log and other cabins, through the
winter aud spring. Returning 70 his
native State he went 20 Andover Theo-
logical seminary, and graduated with
the first class from that institution. Im-
msdiately after that he was commits
stoned by the Massachusetts, Home Mis-
sionaSy Society and again went West,
travelling az far as where Buffalo now
stands, and preaching in dozens OF pla-
ees, really preparing himself for his la
tsr tour 70 Oregon. In 1912 he received
Q call to Dandy, N. T., where, November
l2th, he was ordained and installed.
Boon after he went to AshAeld, whore he
sas married to Miss N. Sears, TO whom
hswas engaged, though she WAS dying
With consumption. As sho was unable
to return with him that winter he left
her, and in the spring attempted to 90
With him, but died On the way at Rich-
f1ld Springs. On December ii, 1910. be
~ again married to Miss Jerusha |
Lord. OF Dandy, n. Y, who was the
mother of his three childrsn-Mra. Je- |
rusha vanKiYk and DIR. b. ]. Parker,
both nov of Ithaca, y. Y, and Rev. II. |
". Parker, late Professor In the Maasa- |
chusssts Agricultural College, and now |
Professor OF Natural Sciences In Grin |
nell College, Iowa.
Rsv. Samuel Parker remained
Dandy about fifteen years, after which |
log 8 time he became the financial |
asent Of Auburn theological Seminary. |
xsv York. The money he collected /
vss very essential 70 the existence of |
that institution, and be was thought to |
have bean mccessful In it, collection. |
About 1880 be removed from the home
stead he had built at Ithica and became |
pastor at Apuiia, New Jersey, where he /
remained two and 4 half years, where |
hs had part In the great revivals Of 1881. |
He than went TO Aiddls6eld. Nassachu- |
set1G, where he remained ~ pastor for |
ous year, but left there because Of the
unfavorable influence Of the climate on
Ahs health Of his wife.
About the time be was at Aiddledsld
xhs Ave Neg Perces aud other Indians
who went to st. Louis in search of the
white mans God and bible reached that
place, and their request was made pub
Iic In ths early part Of 1888. Mr.. Par
ksr saa this call. and read II at the
monthly concert Of prayer for foreign
missions TO his people. A. he thought
the matter over Il became Q personal
matter to him. more 90 than other mis-
sions. and eventually led him TO oiier
himsslf TO the American Board Of Com
missionsrs for Foreign Missions 70 90 70
Oregon. This was probably the frst
o4er Of the kind ever made. Il II true
that the Methodist Beard Of Missions
also became interested in the same OBJ
iee1, and sent ont kev. Jassa Lee and
etAera, Who started short time before
1r. Parksr's frat start, and arrived in
Oregon . year before he did, bat Mr..
Les did not offer himself drst 20 the
board the board called him. On the
other hand Mr.. Parker called his beard
70 undertake the work, and made the
tpllovipg offer, which 10 here given ~
peeoably the first one made Tor this
6oast
MnpIzr1xLp, Mass, April 10, 1883.
Reverend and Dear Brsthsen-The
whole world evidently prseents . nsld
vAits for the harvest, and the heathen
elooaelvss are chidine ChristiAns for
tAsir negligence In obsyina the oom.
nAnd, 's0o 70 into al the world and
lpsaeh the 0ospsl 70 every croature." "
ysum my Arst entering the ministry ]
~ had, ] think, como Of the miseleu-
s1pirit. For about four ysars ] la
lQsd IN the neW oottlomo0on cf tbs
Wol. Since eav the oomnuuieatien
eeoesgning what was statoa under the
Aead of "Wise men from the West" ]
lave saked myooh. IAN doing my
11ty with relegonee % ehooe who are
poEiaAinQ withoo1 Ne 0cepelT And ]
boge taksn The subject under prayer
~ oonsideratton. and have como - the
aenolpoiou 70 o&eR mvoelf 70 40 beyoud
- 8oDxy 1O0ut81oo ~ oO4hDo =
niaaioa among the Fisshsad Indians or
800 o1hss tsibs. Ny visws axs 10 take
ono or two others with me, or 70 alone
4 bssk, and sxplsre the nsld; II any 80
With me, 10 eetshlish then where. IN
Divine Providsnoe. u may appear thsrs
hthe greatest promias Of DOING Rood;
b taks the tradsRs' roats aeroGs. The
1.sky Mountains, and after . few ysays
nyDsif 70 return 70 my family, Who viii
Inn at Ithaca, whore have . house.
~ 10 funds, think many Of my friends
vsald mako special effort for sueh an
ea1sepriss. Do you ask when would
. poady 10 Ror To mosrow. OF II any
tine should b necessary 10 make pre-
paS1tiona. would spsod the time COL
lecting means. submit the cause 10
~ disposal Of God. and for his dirso-
tioo.
Not receiving an immediate reply, b
vIote again. and IN July received . ~
pyvhich stated that other business
md the abssnce Of the propes secFstary
eevhom the department of Indian mis-
!ees propsfly bssonesd. prsvensed .
definite reply; and AftaSwards The let
~ seemed % diseoarAaino, thas 4r.
fasksr concluded hs wAs not wanted.
snd % the matter dropped for . TINA.