Leighton Parks

Leighton Parks

Leighton Parks (born 1852, date of death unknown) was an American Protestant Episcopal clergyman. He was born in New York City and graduated from the General Theological Seminary in 1876. Ordained a priest the next year, from 1878 to 1904 he was rector of Emmanuel Church, Boston. He then became rector of St. Bartholomew's Church, New York, succeeding David H. Greer, who had been elected Bishop of the diocese. Dr. Parks, who became noted for his direct and uncompromising preaching to one of the wealthiest congregations in the country, published "The Winning of the Soul and Other Sermons" (1893) and "Moral Leadership and Other Sermons" (1914).

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