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JACOB HODGES.
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ago, just previous to our precious revival:
when as we -were about to separate under
most disheartening circumstances, Jacob
was invited to address us. You have not
forgot that truly eloquent and overwhelm¬
ing appeal which seemed to shake the
very house in which we were assembled.
while the whole congregation was con¬
vulsed with weeping. You remember
the words with which he began: 'My
masters and mistresses, for I dare not call
you my brethren and sisters.' There was
breathed the spirit of the man, and I never
knew him to appear to cherish any other.
" There was a peculiarity in his prayers
which you must have noticed. In that
part of them which consisted of confes¬
sion, he always used the first person sin¬
gular. He seemed to think that his con¬
fession of sin could only be appropriate
for himself. He often alluded to the past
with expressions of the most profound
abhorrence and shame. Sometimes he
spoke of his crime, but it was always
with such evident pain; that it was dis-