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JACOB HODGES.
felt, and if he needed any thing, he simply-
said, '0,1 want more grace in my heart.'
" His last hours were passed in a state
of unconscious stupor, and at six o'clock
in the evening, he expired."
About two weeks after the remains of
Jacob had been buried, the credulous
coloured people of the village circulated
reports that his body had been removed
from the grave for the purpose of dissec¬
tion. To silence this conjecture, his grave
was opened. His coffin was found undis¬
turbed, and as the shroud was unfolded
from his cold remains, he was reposing in
the sweet sleep of death, awaiting the re¬
surrection of the just.
I have recently returned from the place
of his residence, and from a visit to his
grave. I felt that I was standing amid
many of the congregation to which, for
years, I had proclaimed the gospel of
Christ. The oldest, and many of the bes*
of the church were sleeping around me.,
and yet among them all, there was none
who, for ardent piety, for simple faith, foi