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JACOB HODGES
return unto the Lord, and he will have
mercy upon him, and unto our God, for
he will abundantly pardon: For my
thoughts are not your thoughts, neither
are my ways your ways, saith the Lord
For as the heavens are higher than
the earth, so are my ways higher than
your ways, and my thoughts than your
thoughts.'
" I found this gave me great encourage
meut to go on to pray, to see if I could
find relief from all my troubles—the load
of sin that was on my heart. I thought
and prayed, and the more I prayed the
more wretched I grew; the heavier my
sins appeared to be.
" A night or two after this, the chaplain
came to my eel', and asked me how I felt.
I told him my sins were greater than I
could bear—so guilty—so heavy. Ho
asked me if I thought praying would
make my sins any less. I gave him no
answer. He soon left me, and I went
again to prayer. I was almost fit to ex¬
pire." At this time, Jacob had but just