Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1912 — Erring Minister is Refused Chance to Redeem Himself. [ARTICLE]

Erring Minister is Refused Chance to Redeem Himself.

The report has been current for several days past that J. A. Parker, late pastor of the Kempton Christian church, had been reinstated by his flock as minister, after admitting his guilt and pleading for a chance St redemption. Parker was discovered by his wife several weeks ago in a compromising position with another woman, a beautiful evangelistic worker, an account of which was given in The Republican. The Monticello Journal has the following to say: “A gentleman of this town, in the course of telephone conversation Friday with one of the elders of the Kempton church, took occasion to adk as to the the rumor and the official stated that there was nothing in the report. The church had turned down his request and that right forcibly. Moreover, if the parties who are fully conversant with Parker’s past life can have their way in the matter it will be years before he will be permitted to re-enter the pulpit, if ever he is granted that privilege. He had lived down a similar scandal years before he came here, and the escapade at Kempton was only a cropping out of the old carnal life.”