Excerpt from Renewal or Conversion: A Letter to the Rev. T. Collins, Rural Dean, and to the Rev. The Clergy of the Deanery of Boroughbridge, on the Necessity of Renewal or Conversion IT may seem to you somewhat strange and presumptuous in one so much your younger, venturing to address his Elders on matters of Religion; and were I to consult my own inclinations, - the inclinations, I mean, of flesh and blood, - these would most assuredly (god is my witness) have persuaded me not to undertake such a task. NO doubt, when a deacon thus speaks out publicly to those, who have been entrusted with the cure of souls for many years, an apology may not unreasonably be expected. 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.