Slide set: The bells of Christmas Eve (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 18 slides, 1904)

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Slide 1

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Slide 2

It was Christmas Eve in the smoky North, where the clang of the hammers ring

Slide 3

And there, in a moorside cottage, a dying woman lay

Slide 4

Her child, the fairest, prettiest mite, just on the age of seven

Slide 5

And the little one knelt by the bed of straw, on which her mother lay

Slide 6

Where to go, she knew not; the thought in her baby brain

Slide 7

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Slide 8

Her tiny feet were red with blood as she fell, and scarce could rise

Slide 9

With poor lips, all cracked with cold, she faltered a childish prayer

Slide 10

Her face lights up with a sudden joy at the sound of Christmas bells

Slide 11

She struggled to her feet, and on she pressed, nor paused to stay

Slide 12

From the church upon the moor, there came the sound of praise

Slide 13

But there is one has seen her fall, and kneels down by her side

Slide 14

The light from out the church's door, falls on her drawn, white face

Slide 15

As he sinks on the sod, and cries 'O, God! 'tis Nelly, my child'

Slide 16

Over the moor he strides, through the sweeping sleet and snow

Slide 17

And when they reach the cottage, what sight awaits them there?

Slide 18

And the almost dying mother, came back to life again

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of Scottish Sunday School Union, dates unknown

in stock of Josiah T. Chapman, 1909-1912 (item ref. 1424)

in stock of J. Lizars, 1909 (item ref. 1063)

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

recitation

Date of first manufacture

1904

Reading or song

C. King Proctor, ‘The bells of Christmas Eve’ in Short lantern readings 35 (1904)

Collections

16 slides known to exist in private collection

Lucerna ID 3002447

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 3 July 2023

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Slide set: The bells of Christmas Eve (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 18 slides, 1904)