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JACOB HODGES.
my chart. It is a light to my feet and a
lamp to my path."
Mr. Dwight had often requested Jacob
to read the Scriptures to him, an exercise
in which he was peculiarly impressive
He always used his own Bible: "tha>
Bible''' which first opened his eyes to the
true light. This Bible Mr. Dwight had
asked Jacob to give to him as a memorial
of the power of the truth in saving such
a sinner. Jacob uniformly declined, ex¬
pressing his strong attachment to this
companion of his prison hours. In the
present conversation, Mr. Dwight renewed
his request for the Bible, but he found
that it had lost nothing of its interest and
value in the estimation of Jacob. It had
not only consoled him in the solitude of
his cell, but had prepared him to become
a free man indeed, and now walked forth
with him, "a light unto his feet and a
lamp unto his path." He had read it in
course seven times, and he uniformly
perused the chapter from which the text
was taken oi every sermon he heard.