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JACOB HODGES
in prison. One who was particularly in
terested in Jacob recorded his narration
at the time he gave it, almost in his own.
words, and it has already been read by
thousands in the "Young Christian," as
an illustration of the power of Christian
truth and the grace of God.
Being inquired of in relation to the
crime for which he was imprisoned, how
this sin appeared to him; " Very great,"
he replied: but understanding the ques¬
tion as relating solely to the injury he had
done to a fellow-man, he added, " but not
so great as my other sins towards God;
my profaneness and intemperance." In
giving this history of his feelings, he said,
" When I first began to reflect in my cell,
I saw my sins so great that I felt I could
not be forgiven. When I told the chap¬
lain what was the crime for which I
was imprisoned, 'That,' said he, 'is one
of the greatest crimes; but pray to God
and put your trust in him, and you shall
find rest to your soul.' He told me also