Amy Parkinson

Amy Parkinson (27 December 1855 – 13 February 1938) was a British-born Canadian poet, her work being chiefly devotional. Parkinson's poems were distributed in leaflet form by her friends among the sick and the "shut-ins", having a wide ministry of comfort; it is this characteristic of her work that led to her being widely called "the Canadian Havergal". Several poetry collections were published including, Love Through All (1893), and In His Keeping. She was a daughter of Charles Pye Parkinson (1823–1910) and Lucy Anne Ireland (1830–1909). On her mother's side, she was English through a long direct line; on her father's, a few generations back, she claimed Highland Scots ancestry. She had a brother, William. Ontario, Canada, with her parents in 1868, where she lived the rest of her life. The Christian Workers Magazine, The Western Christian Advocate, and the Christian Advocate.

No complete volume of her poems was published, but a number of small collections in booklet form were issued from time to time. Earlier, Love through all, 1893; "In his keeping", 1897; and At Yuletide, 1901, were published.

Later life Parkinson was confined to her bed for more than 60 years.

After the death of her mother (1909) and father (1910), Parkinson left the family home and resided in a "Home for Incurables" and in a "Church Home" before she died in Toronto, on 13 February 1938.

"A Song in the Night" "Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him."-Ps. xxxvii. 7.

Rest thou in Him—no need for fear— Thou knowost not His plan for thee, But well thou know'st that He is near, Then rest in Him, rest quietly. Not much seems left of earthly joy— But oh, thy Father knoweth best! Let this blesť word thy thought employ— And rest.

Wait thou for Him-take what He sends, Sure that His every thought for thee In naught but love begins and ends; Then wait for Him, ""wait patiently." For tbee may rise-thou canst not tell— New joys, e'en this side heaven's gate; If not—He always chooseth well,— Just wait.

Selected works

Poetry books Love through all : a voice from a sick room : thoughts for each day, 1893 "In his keeping" : words of sustaining from the source of all strength; with kindred thoughts in verse, 1897 At Yuletide, 1901 Best : the story of the messenger hours with some of the thoughts they have brought to Amy Parkinson., 1902

Poems "A Song in the Night" "Westward", 1893 "Comfort", 1895 "Compensation", 1895 "Worship", 1895 "The Twenty-Third Psalm", 1900 "Enoch", 1901 "God Shall Supply All Your Needs" "His Great Love""Enoch", 1901 "A Hymn for Christmas-Day", 1902 "Heights and Depths", 1902 "In the Valley", 1903 "Acquiescence", 1904 "Anticipation", 1904 "At Summer's Close", 1904 "First Christmas Night", 1904 "In Silence", 1904 "He Will Not Suffer Thy Foot to Be Moved", 1911 "Thanksgiving", 1918

Hymns "He Doeth All Things Well", 1902 (music by W. J. Hunter Emory)