EARLY CALLED:

3. Memoir

OF THE

REV. WILLIAM DEANS,

LATE ASSISTANT-MINISTER TO THE REV. JAMES PARSONG

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE: W. S. PRINGLE AND T. P. BARKAS.
YORK: J. SHILLITO AND B. CHAPMAN.

1869.

210. f. 318

PREFACE.

Dear reader, a word with you before you begin.

Do you say, Why this addition to the literature of biography? Who was William Deans? Were the facts of his life such as to justify a record like this? Well, you can judge for yourself. But let me say thus much. William Deans was known, in many quarters throughout the North of England, as a devout Christian, and a useful preacher, and, when his tragical end was brought to light, the demand for a memorial of some sort was widespread, and could not be disregarded. I was requested to undertake the work, and I did so under the impression that a sketch of his career might be to many as a complete picture of one dear to their hearts. Accordingly, such a picture I have endeavoured to present. While, apart from this, and in addition to this, it will be admitted that the life of every true man