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JACOB HODGES.
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faithful to every trust. Often have 1 seen
him on the morning of the Sabbath, when
the family were absent, locking the front
door and putting the key in his pocket
proceed to church, showing the confi¬
dence which was reposed in him by his
employers, and his habits of uniform
attendance upon the service of the sanc¬
tuary. Here he found his greatest plea¬
sure. He could say, with the psalmist,
" Strength and beauty are in his sanctu¬
ary, and thy law do I love." He was an
attentive and an intelligent hearer of the
gospel, and found his home and highest
delight in the place of prayer.
Every thing now favoured his intelli¬
gent growth in grace and in all the virtues
of the divine life, and probably at no time
did he know mo of the consolations of
religion, and walk more consistently as a
Christian. To many it has been a matter
of surprise, that one so old, so ignorant
and with so few associations, should be¬
come so uniformly devout, consistent and
happy in his religious characiei \n id
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