Excerpt from A Brief Memoir of Mrs. Jane Pallister, of Preston, Near Hull, Who Was a Consistent Member of the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion, Upwards of Fifty-Six Years: With a Faithful Account of the Wonderful Appearances After Her Decease The parents of Jane Hawkins (my mother's maiden name) were warmly attached to the Established Church; and, according to the light they had, they brought up their children agreeable to its doc trines; but their religious views were exceedingly circumscribed; nor were they singular in this res pect; for, at that period, spiritual darkness nearly covered what was even then called, this Christian land. - The gospel lightfre-kindled at the reformation, had nearly dwindled into obscurity, and blind leaders of the blind were too fre quently the guides of the people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.