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JACOB HODGES.
of God to enlighten the blinded, to guide
the erring and to save the lost.
Christian respect and affection have or¬
dered a tomb-stone to be erected at the
grave of Jacob, to bear the following in
scription :
JACOB HODGES,
AN AFRICAN NEGRO,
Born to poverty and ignorance ;
Early tempted to sin by designing and wicked men
Once condemned as a felon :
Converted by the grace of God, in prison ;
Lived many years a consistent and useful Ckrhtiau.
Died, Feb. 1842,
In the faith of the gospel t
Aged about 80 yean.
THE END.