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56 had taken tea, and Jacob had attended to his duties in the garden and at the barn, and had eaten his supper, and every thing was set in order at the fire-side in his comfortable apartment, where he spent his evenings at home, Jacob came to the par lour door and said, "Mr. Doit, will you come and see Jacob now?" I gladly accepted the invitation, and took my seat by his side and made the following record of his conversation.

"Well, Jacob, do you think you love the Lord Jesus Christ?" "I do, sir; I think I have no other object in this world or in the world to come, but my blessed Lord and Saviour." "How does he appear to you, Jacob?" "He appears to me, in my daily walk and conversation, the chief among ten thousand and the one altogether lovely."

"Why does he appear so to you?"

"Because he plucked me as a brand from the burning, as I hope."

"What do you mean by that?" "Why, sir, I mean that i was a very