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Continued Wednesday 13. May 1795.
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Considerations respecting the attendance of the Prisoners at
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Chapel; and the methods proper to be taken in order to Admonish
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and instruct them.
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It cannot for a moment admit a doubt, that in a well regulated
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Prison, the Prisoners should duly attend Divine Service and at other
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times receive admonition and Instruction from the Minister. The
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Question is how both these benefits may be applied to them with the
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reatest probability of Success.
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The Seats which are now Assigned to the Men & Women Prisoners
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n the Chapel are incommodious. They are not always large enough to
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ontain all who ought to be present, nor are they placed in a
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situation convenient for encouraging the attention of those who
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occupy them. Those who stand up on the nearest Bench may
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ee and hear what is going on in the Chapel while the rest who
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remain at the further end of the Pow are in a manner excluded from
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the Service which they cannot see performed, and must hear very
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imperfectly: It would hardly be adviseable to bring them forwarder
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into the Chapel which is not too large for the accommodation
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of the Inhabitants of
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the Hospital
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and Precinct. If the present Seat
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cannot be rendered more commodious, perhaps the Prisoners might
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be seated in the Gallery.
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But Divine Service it is imagined, might be Solemnized
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with Greater prospect of good effect upon the Prisoners, either in
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a convenient room appointed for the purpose in the intended
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alterations of the Prison, or in the Chapel at an Hour different
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from the usual hours of service. The communication between
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the Minister and the Prisoners would their be more immediate and
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direct, and they would personally feel themselves more interested
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in the solemnity. The service too might be adopted to their
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