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Rh It is said that he always laid this Bible upon his pillow while he slept, that he might not only meditate upon it in the night watches, but find it as the light of his eyes at the dawn of day.

Continuing the conversation, Mr. Dwight said:—

"Now, Jacob, about that Bible which I have asked you so often to give me!"

"Well, master, that Bible is as dear to me as my own soul almost, because it always shows me my duty to God; and shows to me the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world."

"Well, but that Bible in particular, that old Bible?"

"Well, I do not know about any other Bible; I never read any other. It always reminds me of my friends, and shows me what I am by nature and what I must be by grace, before I am fitted for the kingdom of God."

"But any other Bible shows you the same."

"Yes, sir, it does; but because it was