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46 JACOB HODGES.
fulness and care, where his eye might rest
upon the walls of that prison in which he
first gained a knowledge of himself and
the consolations of hope in his Saviour.
Being anxious to live where his re-
.lgious privileges would be greater, he
succeeded in gaining employment at the
Theological Seminary, in the house of tht
steward. He soon secured the entire con
fidence of the family, as well as that of the
students of the institution generally.
Such was the evidence he continued to
give of his genuine piety and growing
knowledge of religious truth, that ne was
soon admitted to the communion of the
First Presbyterian church in Auburn.
Several revivals of religion occurred in
the village, during the continuance of
which few were more deeply interested
than Jacob. He had come out of his
prison with a solemn resolution to serve
God in the limited sphere of his influence,
and prayer was what he chiefly relied
upon. Here lay the secret of his power.
Like Bunyan, he had lived upon prayer