Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1909 — Annual Prison Sunday. [ARTICLE]

Annual Prison Sunday.

Requests have been sent out from the office of the secretary of the board of state charities asking that the ministers.in all thfe churches of the state observe the annual “Prison Sunday”- on the last Sunday in October. The ministers are expected to make special study of the conditions of the prisoners in the various penal institutions of the state, from whatever data they have at hand, and to address their congregations on the conditions and the causes which have led to the prison population. The services are usually accompanied by prayer services on behalf of the penal institution inmates.-