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Rh his decision and a dignity of Christian character which all felt and admired.

After securing the entire confidence oi his Christian friends at Auburn, Jacob removed to the village of Canandaigua, and resided in the family of a widow lady, Mrs. M. Here he became connected with the church of which I was pastor.

My acquaintance with him was now renewed, and I was accustomed to see him almost daily, for several years. He often sought to manifest his interest in me and my family, by acts of kindness and labour, for which he would receive no compensation; feeling, as he said, that it was a privilege thus to serve Christ.

He never associated with the people of his own colour, not because he was too proud, but because their ordinary habits of feeling and life did not at all correspond with his devotional desires, and the current of his every-day thoughts and pursuits. He seemed to live at all times like one in constant communion with God,