William Henry Parker

Born:  March 4, 1845, Basford, Nottingham, England.

Died: December 2, 1929, Basford, Nottingham, England.

    Parker, head of an insurance company, belonged to the Chelsea Street Baptist Church in Nottingham. His works include:

• The Princess Alice, and Other Poems, 1822

Hymns

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