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JACOB HODGES.
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.aated with this prison. Can we wonder
that he loved it? It was the birth-place
of his soul. "Here he first met Jesus."
Great anxiety was felt for Jacob by all
his friends, and they watched him daily
to see whether he would show the same
meek and quiet spirit, and as highly
honour religion in the world, as he had
done in his prison. He must necessarily
meet the temptations of life, which might
be found too strong for his, as yet untried,
moral principles, and in an evil hour he
might fall from his steadfastness. Of this
he seemed to be well aware, and to have
fortified his mind by reliance upon the
grace of God. No, one was apparently
more alive to his own weakness and dan¬
gers.
The first year after his release from
prison, he spent with a private gentleman
in Auburn, where he fully maintained his
Christian integrity. It was the wish of
his friends that he should not go at once
away from them, and it was equally his
own desire to share their continued watch-