BOOKS USED UNTIL WORN OUT.
Kentucky Penitentiary.
Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 8, 1901.
Gospel Trumpet Pub. Co.,
Moundsville, W. Va.
We have received from your publishing house a nice package of good books. I take this opportunity to acknowledge receipt of same, and to thank you kindly for this generous donation. The books are turned into the hands of the prisoners, who take them eagerly, and are very grateful for them. They are passed from one to another until they are literally worn out. Allow me to say in this connection, that the problem of criminology in this country must be solved by other means than the punitive, and retributive idea. We have been more than a century trying every plan that man can devise to check and cure this growing curse. We must turn to the means provided by God Almighty. The gospel of Jesus Christ is the only and true remedy. Disseminating good literature, and instructing in the ways of life, is a step in the right direction. I have made a study of the subjects under my charge, for nearly three years, and find that the man who fails to accept Jesus, and have his soul washed in his blood, in most cases leaves this place still a criminal. May God help us to lead them into the light. Many blessings upon you for your act of mercy. Very truly, your brother and co-worker,
——, Chaplain.
Michigan State Prison.
Jackson, Mich., March 11, 1901.
Gospel Trumpet Pub. Co.,
Moundsville, W. Va.
Gentlemen: We are in receipt of the very excellent collection of books you sent us for the use of the men in our institution. Please accept our grateful thanks for the same, and be assured they will be eagerly read and highly prized by the men. Too much can not be said of the beneficial influence of good books in the prison. Men will carefully read books in here that they would not look at outside. And then too they have time to digest what they read. Again thanking you for your kind remembrance of us, I beg leave to remain, Yours truly,
——, Chaplain.
Dover, Del., Aug. 6, 1900.
I received the tracts that you sent, and distributed them among the prisoners. They seem to enjoy them more than anything they have ever had in the way of reading. I shall be more than glad to distribute all such reading as that proves to be. Yours respectfully,
——, Warden of the Kent County Prison.