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jacob hodges.

of God to enlighten the blinded, to guide the erring and to save the lost.

Christian respect and affection have ordered a tomb-stone to be erected at the grave of Jacob, to bear the following inscription:

JACOB HODGES,

an african negro,

Born to poverty and ignorance
Early tempted to sin by designing and wicked men
Once condemned as a felon:
Converted by the grace of God, in prison;
Lived many years a consistent and useful Christian.
Died, Feb. 1842,
In the faith of the gospel.
Aged about 80 years.


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