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Rh there was a heart in the house which did not earnestly respond, 'We will obey God, we will be for him.'

"Two weeks did not elapse before the house of God was thronged with inquiring souls, and more than one hundred in our own congregation were the hopeful subjects of grace.

"Jacob, during the entire progress of that work, and indeed at all times, was an earnest labourer for the conversion of souls. He attended every meeting for religious inquiry, and, taking his seat in a remote corner of the room, passed the time in silent prayer. One evening, when the people generally had retired, my attention was attracted by a very earnest voice at the door. I supposed that some one was engaged in prayer. I soon found Jacob holding on literally to the skirts of a poor old woman, imploring her not to leave the place till she had accepted of Christ. I never heard such earnest pleading. He was indeed 'beseeching her with tears.'"

At this time Jacob seemed to be