Slide set: Where is the Bible? (story: Bamforth & Co., 29 slides, 1901)

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There, covered in dust she finds the old Bible

Slide 5

Down at the bottom there is a large family Bible

Slide 6

She brought down a large book that was sewn all round in green baize

Slide 7

'Do you know what St Paul told the people to pray for?'

Slide 8

A traveller walked along the highway, parched, dusty, tired

Slide 9

The woman brought the traveller a cup of water

Slide 10

'He said that there was a great treasure here if we could only find it'

Slide 11

Her hand stopped for a moment with the knife half way through the loaf

Slide 12

When children and husband were in bed she searched

Slide 13

The husband came home for dinner but found no signs of any

Slide 14

Dick went to the taproom and explained to the landlady

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She fell, bringing down the shelf and all that was on it

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Slide 18

Sitting there, her thoughts began to wander

Slide 19

She saw again the little cottage, neat and clean

Slide 20

Dick found the supper waiting and his wife clean and tidy

Slide 21

When they had all gone to bed she read the Bible

Slide 22

Dick was more and more astonished at the change in her

Slide 23

There she knelt with the open book before her

Slide 24

He turned to the cover and then looked at page after page

Slide 25

For some time she sat in silence, Dick watching her curiously

Slide 26

She opened the book. 'Look at what it says here,' she began

Slide 27

By God's help I will be a different woman

Slide 28

Dick and his wife read the Bible together for the first time

Slide 29

'Search the scriptures, for these are they which testify of Me'

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1901-1914 (item ref. 1258)

in stock of North of England Temperance League, 1906 (item ref. 391)

in stock of Walter Tyler, 1909 (item ref. 525a)

in stock of E.G. Wood, 1912 (item ref. 1634)

in stock of J.W. Butcher, 1913

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

story

Date of first manufacture

1901

Reading or song

Mark Guy Pearse, Where is the Bible? (London: Chas. H. Kelly, 1880)

Collections

29 slides known to exist in private collection

Lucerna ID 3001525

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 17 March 2024

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Slide set: Where is the Bible? (story: Bamforth & Co., 29 slides, 1901)