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JACOB HODGES.
minutely into his whole history, which cor
responded with great accuracy to the re¬
cords of the court in which he was tried
for murder, and the sketches which have
been preserved of his life and religious ex
perience while in prison.
Could all that he said, warmed with the
emotion with which it was uttered, bt
written down just as it fell from his lips,
could some pencil paint the varied expres¬
sions of his care-worn and sable counte¬
nance, with the beamings and tears of his
expressive eye ; the suppressed heavings
of his heart, with his marked gratitude for
grace and mercy, no one could doubt that
Jacob Hodges was a man of penitence, a
man of prayer, a man of God. I never
was more impressed and overawed by the
dignity of Christian character, or saw more
distinctly drawn the living symbols of the
grace of God.
This interview seemed to call forth
afresh his confidence in me«as his friend
and adviser, and to secure warmer attach¬
ment. As I was leaving the place, Jacob