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greater blessings than many probably imagine; if religion speak in vain, there is no longer any hope of improvement.
But the chaplain needs assistance, for if we suppose that he daily dovotes 4 hours to visit the prisoners, and allow only 10 minutes for every visit, he would only have time to see each prisoner once every other week. We have a missionary society in Sweden; is it not likely that it might here find a rich field for its noble zeal for conversion ; for in truth, heathenism thrives much better within our prisons, than among distant tribes who are still in a state of nature.
The clergyman appointed for the prison must live there, and receive such an income as may secure to him a frugal living without anxiety, besides which he ought to have the prospect of obtaining advancement and a more advantageous and calm sphere of activity, when he becomes tired of his wearisome duties.
Together with the spiritual care other instruction must also be given, in order that they may together release the fallen mind from the bonds of ignorance and wickedness. There ought, consequently, to be one or two schoolmasters appointed in the prison, who should instruct the prisoners. Here of course there could not be any question of other subjects than those which are appointed for the public schools, and which are repeated with the prisoner, should he have read them in
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