"I have read the sermons, and have handed them to a very
intelligent prisoner, who has become greatly interested in
Unitarian teachings, and requested him to pass the documents to
others, after reading them. He will do so, and will see that they
are kept moving. I am glad you are taking so much interest in our
prison. There is much need of genuine kindness here, and it cannot
be better shown than in a true and apparent desire to raise the
unfortunates to a higher plane of thought and action. These men and
women are in a sense left to themselves. They are not permitted to
talk to each other. They pass long hours in their cells either
reading or thinking. Is it not the very time to get them started
thinking in the right direction? You say, We shall write to the
Secretary of the Women's Auxiliary Conference in Boston, ... and
interest them in the Joliet prison. This is good news. The Post
Office Mission is truly a grand mission, and is doing more good
than you may think of."