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JACOB HODGES.
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caine running to the carriage, to bid fare¬
well to his master and mistress, as he called
us. We saw him then for the last time.
In February following, he was taken
sick and suddenly died. And though no
earthly relations were near him, many
felt that they had lost an unwavering,
Christian friend. The church saw one
of her best and most useful members
removed.
The day he ■« as buried was intensely
cold and stormy. Some of the most re¬
spectable gentlemen of the village bore
him to his grave, while others felt it a
privilege and honour to attend him to his
■esting-place among the dead. A friend
and neighbour placed a silver plate upon
his coffin, with the inscription,—
(Jacob Hodges, a respectable co»
uOTJRED MAN, AGED EIGHTY.)
He rests from his labours, and his works.
do follow him.
On the Sabbath following Jacob's de¬
cease, the Rev. Mr. Thompson, who suc¬
ceeded me author in the pastoral relation