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Slide set: Lost in the wild woods (service of song: Bamforth & Co., 32-38 slides, 1894)

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Slide 1

Introduction, with Title

Slide 2

'This means ruin,' he muttered as he read the letter

Slide 3

Bitterness blinded his judgment

Slide 4

'I will go where you think right. But I will serve God'

Slide 5

She prayed for her husband and watched over her child

Slide 6

'Oh, mother! there are such pretty flowers yonder'

Slide 7

She stooped to pick the wild flowers

Slide 8 *

She sat down among the long grass to arrange the flowers

Slide 9

Stealing cautiously along, she attempted a capture, but failed

Slide 10

She remembered the broken promise and her eyes filled with tears

Slide 11

She sat down under a tree and fell asleep

Slide 12

The mother went to the door and, shading her eyes with her hand

Slide 13

She saw the scattered handfuls of wild flowers

Slide 14 *

She entered her now desolate cabin

Slide 15

She commenced to read the ninety-first psalm

Slide 16 *

no image available

Slide 16a

Little Mary was in fearful peril from a prowling wild beast

Slide 17 *

He raised the tomahawk, saying, 'I will have the child's life'

Slide 18

In a moment the murderous hatched dropped from his hand

Slide 19

He took the child in his arms and bore her homeward

Slide 20

When little Mary awoke she was in an Indian tent

Slide 21

The copper-coloured children sought to teach her their own language

Slide 22

'The pale face will die,' she said

Slide 23

A few words put him in possession of the sad news

Slide 24

He only saw a few faded flowers. The child could nowhere be seen

Slide 25

'Won't you join with me in prayer for our dear Mary'

Slide 26

They both rushed to the window and saw the Indians

Slide 27

'You lost little pickaninny?' he enquired

Slide 28

'I'm so glad to get you back, my dear,' he said, pressing her cheek to his own

Slide 29

Tears of thankfulness and joy streamed down her face

Slide 30

'It's so nice to talk to Jesus and mean it, isn't it, mother'

Slide 31

'My love,' said the mother quietly, 'I have taken you to Jesus'

Slide 32

'I wish you would pray for me, father,' said the little one

Slide 33

Robert West buried his face in his hands

Slide 34 *

He seemed to see the Son of Man in the midst of a crowd

Slide 35 *

He rushed bare-headed from the house

Slide 36

no image available

Slide 37

'Who's that been preaching this morning?' she enquired

Number of slides

32 minimum, 38 maximum (six optional slides marked * in list)

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of James Broadbent & Son, dates unknown

in stock of William C. Muir, dates unknown

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1894-1914 (item ref. 735)

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

in stock of North of England Temperance League, 1906 (item ref. 120)

in stock of Walter Tyler, 1909 (item ref. 510)

in stock of J.W. Butcher, 1913

in stock of Church Army, 1913 (item ref. LM 91)

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

service of song

Date of first manufacture

1894

Reading or song

James Broadbent (arr. James Broadbent), Lost in the wild woods: a service of song (Leeds: James Broadbent, 1894)

Related slide sets

reissued as Lost in the wild woods (service of song: Bamforth & Co., 24 slides, in/before 1909)

see generic title Lost in the wild woods (generic set title – 2 different versions are known)

People appearing in slides

CHRIST, Jesus (fl. C1st) – slide 34 *

Notes

The Riley catalogue gives the number of slides as 40.

Collections

36 slides known to exist in private collection

Lucerna ID 3002632

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 8 May 2024

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