Slide set: My mother's Bible (service of song: Bamforth & Co., 21-31 slides, 1895)

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Slide 1

Slide 2

She sat in the attic listening and waiting

Slide 2a

Slide 3

She went to the side of the bed, knelt down and prayed

Slide 4

Slide 4a

She climbed on his knee and put her face against his

Slide 5

'Thank you for the coffee, dear, I'm all of a shiver'

Slide 6

'There's a letter for you, father,' exclaimed Hettie

Slide 7

The blind man took his seat at the end of a street

Slide 8

Simon's daughter, Sarah, was seated in an easy chair

Slide 9

Suddenly she heard a voice in the street below

Slide 9a

The preacher said that singing was only a beautiful way of saying a thing

Slide 10

Slide 11

'What must I do to be saved' was now her cry

Slide 12

'I heard you read the Scripture the other day,' she began

Slide 12a

'No, thank you,' he replied, 'I can't take your money'

Slide 13

Next day Hettie and Sarah Holdfast sat by the fire to talk

Slide 13a

'Please, sir, can a little girl like me be saved?'

Slide 14

no image available

Slide 14a

Hettie read as requested, and Sarah listened

Slide 15

Once more the blind Scripture-reader sat in the presence of Sarah

Slide 15a

'Oh!' he groaned, 'In a double sense, I've lost the receipt'

Slide 16

Slide 16a

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Slide 17

Slide 18

She could at least provide her with a splendid funeral

Slide 19

no image available

Slide 19a

Slide 20

Hettie read a chapter out of her mother's Bible

Slide 20a

'Thank God,' he again said, dropping on his knees

Slide 21

The Rev Henry Rivers sat in his study and his daughter with him

Number of slides

21 minimum, 31 maximum (10 optional slides marked 'a' in list)

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of James Broadbent & Son, dates unknown

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1895-1914 (item ref. 806)

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

in stock of North of England Temperance League, 1906 (item ref. 254)

in stock of Church Army, 1913 (item ref. LM 15)

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

service of song

Date of first manufacture

1895

Reading or song

James Broadbent (arr. James Broadbent), My mother's Bible: a service of song (Leeds: James Broadbent, n.d.)

Related slide set

see generic title My mother's Bible (generic set title – 2 different versions are known)

Notes

Slide 18 is taken looking uphill from the Bamforth studios, with what is presumably a 'real' funeral procession passing.

Collections

28 slides in The Hecht Collection: Screen Archive South East (University of Brighton)

Lucerna ID 3001114

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 8 May 2024

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