New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-07

preach. gives the following account Of the London
preacher. whose funeral took place On Thursday:
To any one who has visited the metropolis
Parker will come with genuine sorrow He was
Commons or Westminster Abbey. Every traveller
from aar made it point 70 visit some time dHrIns
quarter Of century the great prsafher spoks rFa
evening in the neighborhood OF the Holborn
viad9s, were the s'Tanger 70 ask poiee I1Tsr
he received was invariably the same-"FOllow the
Dr. Parker's power lay in his histrionic gifts and
ms human sympathy These welded 20 ssrOi II
was always interesting to scan the faces OF the
There was usually a large sprtnkling Of clergymen
who had come in from surrounding parts ana whose
teTest or by desire 'f to Seize the opportunity
Of obtaining mental stimulus But there were
professional motives There the ambitious
dramatic power had not been acquired in the
schools, but who had received it as natures gift
always an informal reception. Men OF note from
preacher and. thank him for his Inspiration; Not
infreGuently he was bored by fussy people. for
eonseauential CSuTc d England cuTate stepped
mnufes and al ap bgre o
doctor remember am no DsSenter-I belong 70
you are merely an Assenter to-day" 1t was only
after he was well into the street that the point
Mrs Parker preceded her husband by two years
years was staggering blow to the man who had
to fepe9 a so m b upon a hr M
was never the same man. He once remarked that
discovered that she improved his sermons before
they went to press. and then he had to dismiss
woman For several years she vas the SSloit s az
tiers from different parts of the country con-
tanning the simple message. We heard her sing
Her skill as an artist was well known in London
| She was also ? woman of great personal charm.
and the fact that her husband possessed no come
Beauty and the Beast They were familiar 1gure s
On the Street every one knew DIR. Parker With
his leonine head and great shock Of wavy black
| crowd. At one time he and his wife were going
octor am o. tne r ey aVe on
They hal hailed passing bus and when s tS Tne
whisper to his nelghbor. Here comes Beauty and
eyes on his vie.im. and saying with perfect mock
gaTd 9 as beauty: but do protest against your
Perhaps the most electrifying utteranee Dr.
Parker ever made was at the time or the agltaSl4,n
country was in ferment. 1t was time. indeed;
when the who:e atmosphere OF the GhrIstan WoT,a
was charged with intense moral Indignation VII VT;
Gladstone had Just emerged for the last time rom
the government to interfere and put stop to the
! Great Assassin,s" awful work great crowd
were many who on platform and in the press were
prolhlIent III iTaGiI .hT ~ ro1,Inteer ana
! chafing like Gagged lions at their chains because
and deliberate speech the orator piled up the long
indictment and then, when the whole panorama
OF pain before his audience. as If yielding 10
| the passion of the hour. he cried out with that
\ measured emphasis peculiarly his own, speak
| ing of the Sultan merely as a man, say, God
damn the Sultan. The effect on the audience was
| extraordinary. AS man they sprang to their
feet Men said to their neighbors as they resumed
/ their seats: Il have waited months for this 1t
was the relief of the pressure. by sudden escape
at valve. and again the country breathed free
/ the woodland that man was Dr. Parker
He has been severely and bitterly criticised Tor
/ his outspoken utterances. But there things
that need saying sometimes and who IS there LETT
/ to-day among all the statesmen and preachers
| who. like Beecher this side and Dr. Parker or
Gladstone the other can tell the truth and not
| finch in the telling? The world sadly needs more
| men of the Parker mOuld-strong, dauntless and
| bold for God and the right And so to-day that
! world yearning for better things is mourning De-
cause il will not again hear the voice OF the man
/ who spoke with the throat of the StOTnl-the man
who did not lear face of kings and potentates.