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JACOB HODGES.
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as these; showing the channel in which
his thoughts habitually flowed. ' Very
well, master, in body, but 0 this wicked
heart; I want a great deal more grace.'
He complained much of a disposition to
worldliness. ' His little matters of busi
ness engrossed so much of his aitentionj
he was compelled,' he said,' to pray con¬
tinually against it. He wondered how
rich Christians could keep along '
" Jacob was a useful Christian. Such a
one could hardly be otherwise. Jt may
be said of him, ' He hath done what he
could.' There are not a few in this vil¬
lage who owe their conversion, >mder
God, to his faithfulness, and I doubt not
there are many who are ready to rise up
and call him blessed.
"His uniform and consistent life of piety
cannot but have had a happy influence
on all who observed him. He loved and
longed to do good. I once asked him
why he was. so anxious to be rendering
services to me, for he was constantly in
quiring if he could not do something foi
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