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48 JACOB BODGES
hjS just condemnation. Nothing gave
him relief or hope, till he saw Christ his
substitute as a suffering Saviour and
atoning priest. It was not till he came
t0 God through the Mediator and Re¬
deemer that he found peace. He neve
forgot this scriptural method of grace,
this sure way of obtaining hope by faith
in the blood of the Son of God. Yet he
loved his Bible as the light of his path,
and he loved prayer as the appointed
method of securing the spirit that giveth
life and peace.
A happy illustration of his evangelical
experience, of the true and proper use of
the means of grace and of the nature and
office of prayer, occurred during a season
of special religious interest, while he re¬
sided in Auburn.
The daughter of the steward of the
seminary, in whose family Jacob lived,
became greatly distressed ir view of her
situation as a sinner. Her minister, and
many Christian friends had conversed and
prayed with her, but her anxieties were