Evidence: | 'A prisoner on his admission could read but very imperfectly; his Bible he almost had never read before, and indeed knew little or nothing concerning it. At first he made rapid progress in reading, and after a short time he commenced the Scriptures, the great and all-important truths of which took such a hold upon his mind, that in the seculsion of his cell he very soon had read them through twice, and opposite the prophecies of the Old Testament, he had marked with a pencil on the margin of his Bible, which had no references, and without the aid of anyone, the parallel passages of their fulfillment in the New Testament, a list of which we now have before us. They are chiefly from the Psalms, and the prophecies of Isaiah and Zechariah...' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1845 and 31 Dec 1845 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Reading county: Berkshire specific address: Reading Gaol other location: in his cell |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | anon |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
Occupation: | prisoner |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [n/a] |
Title: | Bible |
Genre: | Bible |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) prison issue |
Record ID: | 15214 | |
Source - | Manuscript | Other |
Author: | Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain, I. Home District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIII), p. 46, |
Citation: | Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain, I. Home District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIII), p. 46, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=15214, accessed: 18 April 2024 |
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