Slide set: Farmer Gibson's harvest thanksgiving (service of song: Bamforth & Co., 25 slides, 1897)

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'Thankful! why should we be thankful,?' said farmer Gibson

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'Now look here, friend Dobson, you see those fields?'

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'Nay, Gibson, I'm not one of your canting sort'

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He was never angry with Edith, his only child

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The merry voice of his little girl greeted him as he passed through the cornfield

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He lifted her in his arms and ran with her to the house

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'Do you hear, doctor, you must cure her; I tell you she must be cured

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Farmer Gibson spent most of his time by his little girl's bedside

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'Please, father, I do wish you would go to church tomorrow'

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When Sunday morning came Farmer Gibson wished he had not promised

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Farmer Gibson listened attentively to the minister as he read the lessons

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'Father, dear, did you like the service?' asked his little daughter

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(Effect) 'Cruel men took Him and whipped Him and spit on Him'

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(Effect) And then they nailed Him on a cross and crucified Him

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Farmer Gibson confessed his sins and asked for pardon

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Mr. Nichols came to say how glad he was to see him at church

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She was able to go about the house on crutches

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As the minister told of God's goodness tears of joy would run down Farmer Gibson's cheek

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Catalogue entries (3)

1906

Lantern slides, exhibitions and entertainments, lanterns, apparatus, etc. etc.: hire list, season 1906-7 (Newcastle upon Tyne: North of England Temperance League, 1906), 5

1910

A detailed catalogue of photographic lantern slides, life models &c. (Holmfirth: Bamforth & Co., 1910), 157-158

1913

Lantern and slide catalogue 1913-14 (London: Church Army, 1913), 171

“A short story. Tells how Farmer Gibson, who didn't believe in praying and praising God for a good harvest, came to change his mind.”

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Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 14 March 2024

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Slide set: Farmer Gibson's harvest thanksgiving (service of song: Bamforth & Co., 25 slides, 1897)