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1ACOB HODGES.
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made with the governor of the State to
obtain his pardon for the remaining part
of the time for which he was sentenced.
He- was asked if he thought he would
conduct himself properly if he should be
released? He replied that he did not know,
but he feared that he should not; adding,
""unless the grace of God keep me, I
know I shall not."
He had naturally a very ungovernable
temper, and he feared the result of its
exposure when he should be brought
again into the temptations of the world.
He remembered his former habits of in¬
temperance, and he might soon be over¬
taken and fall. Above all, he did not
forget his sinful heart, and he trembled at
the thought of beiug again exposed to
the evils of life, when freed from the re¬
straints with which he was now sur
rounded. In his cell, he felt a security..
In his daily abour, he met but few temp¬
tations. In his solitude, he communed
alone with his own heart and his Saviour,
and here he was satisfied. The place of
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