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48 his just condemnation. Nothing gave him relief or hope, till he saw Christ his substitute as a suffering Saviour and atoning priest. It was not till he came to God through the Mediator and Redeemer that he found peace. He never forgot this scriptural method of grace, this sure way of obtaining hope by faith in the blood of the Son of God. Yet he loved his Bible as the light of his path, and he loved prayer as the appointed method of securing the spirit that giveth life and peace. A happy illustration of his evangelical experience, of the true and proper use of the means of grace and of the nature and office of prayer, occurred during a season of special religious interest, while he resided in Auburn. The daughter of the steward of the seminary, in whose family Jacob lived, became greatly distressed in view of her situation as a sinner. Her minister, and many Christian friends had conversed and prayed with her, but her anxieties were