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28 In prison. One who was particularly interested in Jacob recorded his narration at the time he gave it, almost in his own. words, and it has already been read by thousands in the "Young Christian," as an illustration of the power of Christian truth and the grace of God.

Being inquired of in relation to the crime for which he was imprisoned, how this sin appeared to him; "Very great," he replied: but understanding the question as relating solely to the injury he had done to a fellow-man, he added, "but not so great as my other sins towards God; my profaneness and intemperance." In giving this history of his feelings, he said, "When I first began to reflect in my cell, I saw my sins so great that I felt I could not be forgiven. When I told the chaplain what was the crime for which I was imprisoned, 'That,' said he, 'is one of the greatest crimes; but pray to God and put your trust in him, and you shall find rest to your soul.' He told me also