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Rh remotest part of his cell, he added, "away-down in that comer is the best place for me." In all my acquaintance with him. I never discovered the slightest symptoms of spiritual pride.

When I left him for another and distant field of labour, his heart was too full to bid me farewell; and when he received another minister, his affections seemed to be divided between us, and he would unite us in his petitions at the throne of grace with peculiar tenderness. At one time, after imploring blessings upon the church and its pastor, he added, "Now let thy Spirit, Lord, be with our former minister; let him feel in his soul at this moment, that his old people are praying for him."

All my subsequent interviews with Jacob have only served to strengthen my confidence in his piety, and to increase my admiration of his character as a Christian and a man. And nothing has ever occurred since my removal from him to shake the confidence of others in his