Slide set: The roll call: a service of sacred song (service of song: Bamforth & Co., 35-53 slides, 1894)

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Slide 1

In a little house on the edge of a forest, lived an old woman

Slide 2

'Mother,' he said, 'the civil war has broken out'

Slide 3

One of the officers stepped up to him and began talking

Slide 4

She met him at the cottage door, and saw that something was wrong

Slide 5

Slide 6

'May His divine word be a lamp to your feet'

Slide 7

The few days were spent by the widow and her son in seclusion

Slide 8

'You must keep this flower in the Bible in remembrance of me'

Slide 9

'You must keep the good book close to your heart, Tom'

Slide 10

Looking up at his pet bird in its cage, his bundle on his shoulder

Slide 11

The old woman was in tears, and the deacon's son spoke gently to her

Slide 12

The bitter partings are over, the train speeds away

Slide 13

As Deacon Owen and his daughter sat at tea

Slide 14 *

She peeped in at the clematis-fringed window

Slide 15

'May the Lord comfort you and bless your noble-hearted brother'

Slide 16

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Slide 16a

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Slide 17

She breathed a prayer as she beheld the gold and crimson sky

Slide 18

'Tis night! one young soldier is sitting before the camp fire

Slide 18a

(Effect) He fancies he sees a rough-cast cottage far away over the mountains

Slide 19 *

(Effect) He sees his old mother sitting in her cottage alone

Slide 19a

(Effect) Where a noble-hearted soldier is keeping watch and guard

Slide 19b

Tom read from his little book by the ruddy glare of the fire

Slide 20

The soldiers start to their feet and seize their arms

Slide 20a

He has been found sleeping at his post, and the punishment is death

Slide 21

'No, no,' he cried, throwing his arms about Frank Owen's neck

Slide 21a

We must now be parted until we meet in heaven

Slide 21b

The friends were forcibly but kindly separated

Slide 22

'Dinna be cast doon, laddie,' said Donald Cameron

Slide 22a

Slide 23 *

Tom grasped the hand of the honest Scotchman

Slide 24

On receipt of the news the joy of the camp was complete

Slide 24a

(Effect) His little sister begged piteously for her brother's life

Slide 25

They observed the Confederate troops taking up their positions

Slide 26 *

The Roll was called, and Tom and his comrades answered to their names

Slide 26a

He fancied he could see his home and his mother looking for her soldier laddie

Slide 27

The Confederate lines opened fire. Several soldiers were killed

Slide 28

A desperate and long-continued battle was fought

Slide 29

He found the ground strewn with dead and wounded

Slide 30

Tom could go no further, and fell fainting on the ground

Slide 31

The full moon poured down her silvery beams through the branches

Slide 32

Slide 33

The little drummer-boy was the first to receive attention

Slide 33a

Slide 34 *

'May God bless you for a brave and good fellow,' said he to Tom

Slide 34a

He bathed his face and staunched his bleeding wounds

Slide 35

Once more poor Tom lay insensible under the shadow of a pine

Slide 36

They had come to look upon one they were proud to call their friend

Slide 37

Tom took the Testament from under his pillow and handed it to him

Slide 38

Frank Owen congratulated Tom on the honours he had won

Slide 39

He limped along by his mother's side supported by the Deacon

Slide 40 *

Slide 41

If on an evening you could have looked in the cottage window

Number of slides

35 minimum, 53 maximum (18 optional slides marked '*', 'a' and 'b' in list)

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of James Broadbent & Son, dates unknown

in stock of H. Luscombe Toms, dates unknown

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1894-1914 (item ref. 731)

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

in stock of Peter Feathers, 1901

in stock of North of England Temperance League, 1906 (item ref. 122)

in stock of Walter Tyler, 1909 (item ref. 516)

in stock of J.W. Butcher, 1913

in stock of Church Army, 1913 (item ref. LM 61)

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

service of song

Date of first manufacture

1894

Reading or song

B.A. Kilburn and John Rinder, The roll call: a service of sacred song (Leeds: James Broadbent, n.d.)

Related slide sets

see also Little Minnie: a tale of the American Civil War (service of song: Bamforth & Co., 37 slides, 1895)

see generic title The roll call (generic set title – 2 different versions are known)

Events where this set was shown

[Magic lantern service] (lantern service, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England, 1908)

Notes

Sequel to 'Little Minnie'.

The Tyler catalogue lists 41 slides, omitting the 'a' and 'b' optional slides but including those marked with an asterisk in the Bamforth catalogue list.

The 1906 North of England Temperance League catalogue also mentions 41 slides, without listing individual titles.

Collections

51 slides in Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Lucerna ID 3002631

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 5 May 2024

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Slide set: The roll call: a service of sacred song (service of song: Bamforth & Co., 35-53 slides, 1894)