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Regulations & Instructions - 1808
Relating to His majesty's service at sea.
Section VIII - Chapter I
For the Chaplain.
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| Article I |
| A CLERGYMAN, appointed Chaplain of one of His Majesty's Ships, must remember that it is his indispensable duty, that the morality of his conduct and the decency, sobriety, end regularity of his manners he such as become the sacred Office to which be is appointed, and such as may inspire the Ship's company with reverence for it, and respect to himself. |
Clergyman's conduct to be such as may inspire the Ship�s company with reverence for the office and respect to himself. |
| Article II |
| He is to instruct in the principles of the Christian Religion not only all such young gentlemen, as the Captain shall put under his care, but all the boys in the Ship ; he is in to hear them read, and to explain to them, the Scriptures and the Church Catechism; and he is to be always ready to give such assistance and instruction on religious subjects, as may be required of him by any Officer or other person in the Ship. |
To instruct in the principles of the Christian Religion, all the young gentlemen and boys in the Ship. |
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| Article III |
| He is to he attentive to perform, with due solemnity, the duties of the Lord's Day, that the Ship's company may be impressed with devotion : and he is carefully to adapt his discourses to the capacity of his hearers and the nature of their situation, that his instructions may be intelligible and beneficial to all who hear them. |
To perform with due solemnity the duties of the Lord's Day. |
| Article IV |
| He is to apply to the Captain to appoint an intelligent well disposed person to instruct, under his directions, the boys of the Ship in the Catechism and in reading; he is very frequently to superintend the conduct of the person so appointed ; to see that be is attentive to his duty and diligent in teaching the boys, whom he is frequently to examine himself, that he may judge of the progress they make; and be is to report to the Captain all those whom he shall find idle, or irregular in their conduct, that they may be punished; and all those whom he shall find diligent and well disposed, that they may be rewarded as they deserve.
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To apply to the Captain for some well disposed person to instruct the boys in the catechism. |
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| Article V |
| He is to be very assiduous in his attendance on any of the sick who may request it; and if any men shall be dangerously ill, he is, although they should not request it, to go to them to prepare them for death; and to comfort or admonish them, as the state of their minds or other circumstances may require.
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To be very assiduous in his attendance on the sick. |
| Article VI |
| Before he shall be allowed to receive his pay, be will be required to send to the Commissioners of the Navy a certificate signed by the Captain, that he had not been absent from the Ship more than twenty-four hours, at one time, without leave from the Admiralty or the Commander in Chief; and a certificate signed by the Captain, the senior Lieutenant, and the Master, that be had diligently attended to all the duties of his station; that be had performed divine service whenever he was "directed, and that his conduct had been sober, regular, and decent, and in every respect becoming the character of a Clergyman. And when be leaves the Ship, he is to send such a Certificate so signed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,, without which be shall not be again appointed to any of His Majesty's Ships. |
Certificate from the Captain to enable him to receive his pay.
Another certificate of his good conduct &c. to be sent to the Admiralty. |
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