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JACOB HODGES.
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begt n to learn the nature of sin, and his
relations to God and his holy law. As he
looked back upon his feelings, he adds
u In all my sorrows, I had not a right sor
row. My sorrow was, because I had
sinned against man."
"The Sunday following," he proceeds
to say, "just after I had carried my dinner
to my cell, I put my ditiner down, and
went to prayer. I rose, and just as I rose
from prayer, the chaplain was at the door.
'We are all guilty creatures,' he said to
me, 'and we cannot be saved, except
God, for Christ's sake, will save us. If
we pray and go to God, we must go in the
name of Jesus Christ. If we expect to be
saved, we must be saved through the
blood and righteousness of Jesus Christ.'
Then I picked up encouragement.
" 'The sins which you have committed,'
he went on to say, 'are against your
fellow-creatures, but they are much more
against God.' Now, I never knew before
that they were against God. When the
shaplain left me I went to prayer again. I