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JACOB HODGES.
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his decision and a dignity of Christian
character which all felt and admired.
After securing the entire confidence ol
his Christian friends at Auburn, Jacob re
moved to the village of Canandaigua, ana
resided in the family of a widow lady,
Mrs. M. Here he became connected with
the church of which I was pastor.
My acquaintance with him was now
renewed, and I was accustomed to. see
him almost daily, for several years. He
often sought to manifest his interest in
me and my family, by acts of kindness
and labour, for which he would receive
no compensation; feeling, as he said,
that it was a privilege thus to serve
Christ.
He never associated with the people of
his own colour, not because he was too
proud, but because their ordinary habits
of feeling and life did not at all correspond
with his devotional desires, and the cur¬
rent of his every-day thoughts and pur¬
suits. He seemed to live at all times like
one in constant communion with God,