Slide set: Poor Mike: the story of a waif (service of song: Walter Tyler, 18 slides, 1889-1890)
“18 Slides from Life Models. With Reading.
This is a touching story of a poor lad, whose father gave way to intemperance, and was killed by a railway accident. His mother, a good Christian woman, struggles on for some time, but succumbs to a broken heart and the pinch of poverty. Mike and an infant sister, May, are thus left orphans, and rather than go to the workhouse, take to a wandering life. May dies, and Mike goes to sea, where he meets with injuries which lay him down upon what proves his death-bed in the hospital.”
“A Service of Sacred Song by Rev. Silas R. Hocking, F.A.H.S. Illustrated by permission.”
“A very sad story of a Manchester waif and his struggles for his mother and baby sister. Gospel and Temperance teaching.”
Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 16 March 2024
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