Slide set: Riches and rags (service of song: Bamforth & Co., 50 slides, 1907)

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Slide 1

Slide 2

The Redcross Street Mission Hall was the one oasis in the desert

Slide 3

'What does it matter what becomes of me, I should like to know?'

Slide 4

The child left her companion and hurried on through the sultry streets

Slide 5

'Why, Mary, I began to think something had happened to you'

Slide 6

Mary folded the paper carefully round her treasures

Slide 7

Mary Murdoch had been born of respectable parents

Slide 8

In the cellar of the house lived an old woman known as 'Granny Horrors'

Slide 9

Mary took her way through the crowded streets bearing her parcel of faded flowers

Slide 10

She paused for a moment and rested by the railings of an old churchyard

Slide 11

'No. 3' was one of the worst-conditioned houses in the row

Slide 12

'Granny Horrors' was seated by the 'table'

Slide 13

Mary sat down and began to sort out her flowers

Slide 14

She drew from her pocket a small worn Bible and began to read

Slide 15

Jack Rycroft was an old neighbour of Mary's

Slide 16

'Hallo, Jack, old boy, who'd ha' thought of seeing you'

Slide 17

He stumbled up the dark narrow flight of stairs to the room he called home

Slide 18

Jack weighed all these advantages carefully before he made up his mind

Slide 19

He stooped down and took out the little book

Slide 20

'The Elms', Clarence Avenue, was a magnificent mansion

Slide 21

It was the custom for Roy to have his invalid carriage wheeled down to the railings

Slide 22

She went much farther, until one morning saw her outside Godfrey Earle's mansion

Slide 23

The car struck her little basket and scattered all the flowers into the roadway

Slide 24

Mary was picking up her flowers with a happy face

Slide 25

He who told her to come inside the grounds

Slide 26

Mary's tender heart was touched at the sight of his beautiful face

Slide 27

The boy's eyes followed the direction of her hand

Slide 28

'Why! haven't you a Bible?' asked Mary, her eyes opening wide in surprise

Slide 29

Mary thanked him and sat down on the grass by his side

Slide 30

'I shall tell Dad all about it and ask him to let you come and live here'

Slide 31

Mary left the shady grounds and passed out into the street

Slide 32

She was surprised to find her old friend, Jack Rycroft, awaiting her return

Slide 33

'Oh! Jack', she exclaimed, 'how good of you'

Slide 34

They all made merry over the events of the day

Slide 35

They pressed Mary to sing, and she complied with their request

Slide 36

The arrival of 'Granny Horrors' hastened the departure of Mary's friends

Slide 37

Slide 38

She prayed long and earnestly for 'Granny', Jack and Jim, and the cripple, Roy

Slide 39

Mary Murdoch went each day to Clarence Avenue and lingered outside 'The Elms'

Slide 40

'Are you the little girl who came inside the grounds here?'

Slide 41

'My son is very ill and frequently asked to see you'

Slide 42

'I have longed to see you and hear some more about Jesus'

Slide 43

'Tell me again how Jesus died on the cross to save sinners'

Slide 44

Godfrey Earle stood apart in the shadow of the room

Slide 45

He covered his face and whispered, 'O God, be merciful to me a sinner'

Slide 46

'Oh! Dad dear, I have found Jesus. Won't you try and find Him too!'

Slide 47

He summoned the housekeeper and told her to get the child everything necessary

Slide 48

He seated himself by the bedside of his boy

Slide 49

Our last scene of all is on the deck of a great Atlantic steamer

Slide 50

Mr Earle and his son have come to bid them farewell

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of Josiah T. Chapman, 1909-1912 (item ref. 1786)

in stock of J.W. Butcher, 1913

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

service of song

Date of first manufacture

1907

Reading or song

C. King Proctor, Riches and rags (Glasgow: Bayley & Ferguson, n.d.)

People appearing in slides

BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911) – slide 2

Notes

Slide 2 is very similar to slides in For the Master's sake [Lucerna 3000882] of 1893, and obviously taken at the same session – James Bamforth (as the preacher) looks too young for 1907, when he was 65.

Collections

50 slides in Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Lucerna ID 3002531

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 6 October 2021

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