Slide set: The way to Heaven (service of song: Bamforth & Co., 38 slides, 1892)

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Slide 1

A little ragged boy was wandering in the streets of Glasgow

Slide 2

A wretched abode high up in an attic in the Old Wynd

Slide 3

'Keep to the right till you pass three streets, turn down that street and keep to the right'

Slide 4

Slide 5

Bertie looked at the bright, glittering sixpence he held in his hand

Slide 6

The poor old drunkard lifted his besotted face and murmured

Slide 7

'Oh, Jeannie, I'll tell you the way to heaven,' he said

Slide 8

The next acquaintance Bertie met was an old Irishwoman

Slide 9

'What's the matter, mother?' asked Bertie, throwing his arms around her

Slide 10

'Bertie, my boy, don't grieve so for me,' she said

Slide 11

So they both knelt down and Bertie prayed

Slide 12

A young lady handed an invitation to come to the free breakfast

Slide 13

Bertie arrived at the Drill Hall door an hour before the time

Slide 14

Mr Scott gave out his text from John xiv., 6

Slide 15

'That I will,' he replied, as he wrote down the address in his pocket book

Slide 16

Then turning to Bertie she asked, 'What is your name, my wee man?'

Slide 17

He stood upon a stool. 'And I'll be the peoples and listen,' said Daisy

Slide 18

The two children ran to meet their mother

Slide 19

Bertie walked in next day. He was very anxious about his mother

Slide 20

'What, no fire!' exclaimed Mr Scott, as he looked round the miserable room

Slide 21

Slide 22

Slide 23

A crowd collected, the car was backed, and he was lifted out

Slide 24

Mrs Hunter expressed her sympathy for the widow in her trying circumstances

Slide 25

They had a visit from poor old drunkard Ben

Slide 26

'Jesus died for sinners, therefore Jesus died for me,' he would exclaim

Slide 27

'Take this precious book, Bertie. It is the only thing I can give you'

Slide 28

'How are you to-day, Bertie?' said Mrs Hunter

Slide 29

But he had not slept long when his mother called him

Slide 30**

'You will soon be through, mother dear, and Heaven is on the other side'

Slide 31

Alone with God and the dead, he bowed his heart and knee and prayed

Slide 32

Mr Scott pleaded with them to yield to Him

Slide 33

The driver put his arm round him and spoke words of comfort

Slide 34

He clasped his mother's Bible to his heart

Slide 35

Bertie stood in the busy street homeless, friendless, and alone

Slide 36

'The landlord has taken everything for the rent and sent me away'

Slide 37

The procession, four deep, amounted to six thousand

Slide 38

Nine years have made a great change, and God had given him a great friend in Mrs Hunter

** there are alternative versions or views of this slide

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of R. Ballantine, dates unknown

in stock of Gardner & Co. [1891-1920], dates unknown

in stock of P.T. M'Rostie, dates unknown

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1892-1914 (item ref. 464)

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

in stock of North of England Temperance League, 1906 (item ref. 134)

in stock of J. Lizars, 1909 (item ref. 196)

in stock of Walter Tyler, 1909 (item ref. 494)

in stock of J.W. Butcher, 1913

in stock of Church Army, 1913 (item ref. LM 4)

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

service of song

Date of first manufacture

1892

Person linked to this set

model: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911) – slides 6, 25 and 26, as Ben the drunkard

Reading or song

John J. Rae (arr. James Tipton), The way to Heaven: a service of song (Glasgow: Bayley & Ferguson, n.d.)

Events where this set was shown

[Magic lantern service] (lantern service, Dudley, Worcestershire, England, 15 April 1895)

[Magic lantern service] (lantern service, Reading, Berkshire, England, 1902)

[Magic lantern entertainment] (lantern entertainment, Minster, Kent, England, 13 January 1904)

Notes

Slide 14 of the illustrated set shows, inexplicably, a York & Son label under the cover glass, though it's clearly a Bamforth slide in all other respects.

Collections

38 slides known to exist in private collection

1 slide known to exist in private collection

Lucerna ID 3000779

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 5 May 2024

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Slide set: The way to Heaven (service of song: Bamforth & Co., 38 slides, 1892)