PARKER, H. P

[s. 591] : Died March 26, 1888, at the mi ion Victoria Nyanza. As Secretary of the at Calcutta he accomplished great good; but he left this important post, at the suggestion of the Society, and entered upon work at Mandla, among the Gonds. Among this people, in the CMS midst of the most trying difficulties, he labored! Paris Bvanisellcal Parsees faithfully and effectively until he was called to be the second bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa. His six years’ service as the Society’s secretary at Calcutta, and his experience in the jungles of Central India, prepared him for his new position. He landed at Frere Town on November 27, 1886, and for six months, like his predece or. Bishop Hannington, he gave all his energies to the East Africa Mi ions proper, setting things in order at Frere Town and Rabai, and visiting Wray at Taita, Fitch in Chagga, and the native teachers In June, 1887, he, at other outlying stations. accompanied by Mr. Black burn, started for the interior, and, taking an entirely new route, they went direct from Rabai to Mamboia; thence, pa ing westward, they reached the south end of Nyanza, by the way of Mpapwa and Uyui, where they found Mackay in the Msalala district. Here the first Mi ionary Conference was held in the interior; and, largely through the advice of Parker, wise conclusions were reached in the Society’s future policy toward the savage natives. Bishop Parker urgpdthe importance of women mi ionaries for East Africa, and in April 5, 1887, a committee of the Society took the initiative in this important matter. 591