Slide set: The dying Saviour and the gipsy girl (service of song: Bamforth & Co., 29-34 slides, 1894)

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Slide 1

An artist was standing before an easel in a quaint old studio

Slide 2

'What does that picture mean, Seignor?' asked the gipsy girl

Slide 3 *

'I am anxious to catch the sunlight on those raven tresses,' he continued

Slide 4

The girl's face grew darker, and she answered 'I never pray to anyone'

Slide 5

'You are a very good sitter, but do you always look so melancholy?'

Slide 6 *

He shall never have it -- NEVER I hate him. I loathe him

Slide 7

She often sat in the tent, brooding over her wrongs

Slide 8

'Yes, to be sure' replied the artist, looking up in surprise

Slide 9 *

'Heaven is where God dwells, and the angels, up there'

Slide 8 (rpt)

'We are all sinners, and have done wicked things, everybody has'

Slide 10

Gitana stood thoughtfully watching his movements

Slide 11

'Now, Seignor, tell me who this Man is, and why He is dying a cruel death'

Slide 12

If He was so good to the people, how came He to die, and be nailed to that wood?

Slide 13

He said that whosoever only believed in Jesus should not perish

Slide 12 (rpt)

How could He like to be nailed there with those sharp prickles round his forehead?

Slide 14 *

Slide 15

How can you help loving Him, if you know that He died for you?

Slide 16

'Can you look at that picture and see the patient dying Man as He hangs there?

Slide 17

She clasped her hands above her head, exclaiming, 'Oh my sins, who will save me?'

Slide 18 *

She crouched down, and hid her tears with the gay silken scarf

Slide 19

'Don't weep, Gitana, I will ask the student if there is not room in heaven for you'

Slide 20

The student took much interest in Sternberg's account of the gipsy

Slide 21

He now had found Jesus, and believed in Him to the saving of his soul

Slide 22

As he kneels before the picture he often stops to wipe away his tears

Slide 23

They passed their jokes on most of the paintings

Slide 24

The painter's eye observed him keenly; his ear caught a sigh

Slide 25

As he drew near, he saw that she was weeping

Slide 26

Gitana lifted her head hastily, and tried to speak

Slide 27

'Oh, Seignor, I saw that dying face again, and He seemed to speak to me'

Slide 28

During his reading, she smiled at the assurance of pardon

Slide 29

'Farewell, farewell, Gitana, for the last time until we meet in heaven'

Slide 30

The gipsy king is seated by Gitana's bed of dried leaves

Slide 31

'Why are you so glad to die, Gitana, the flower of our tribe?'

Slide 32

'My Saviour loves me better than even you do, and I shall be with Him for ever'

Slide 33**

(Effect) 'He is here now, I feel His presence'

Slide 34

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** there are alternative versions or views of this slide

Catalogue entries (8)

1898

Illustrated catalogue of magic, optical and dissolving view lanterns, lime-light apparatus and slides: season 1898-99 (London: Wrench & Son, 1898), 429

1905

Catalogue of optical lantern slides (Bradford: Riley Brothers, 1905), 149

1906

Lantern slides, exhibitions and entertainments, lanterns, apparatus, etc. etc.: hire list, season 1906-7 (Newcastle upon Tyne: North of England Temperance League, 1906), 6

1909

Descriptive catalogue of lantern slides: available for hire or purchase (London: Walter Tyler, 1909), 452

“A Service of Song, by Henry Jackson. From Mrs Hall's beautiful story bearing the above title, by kind permission of the publishers, Messrs Hodder & Stoughton, 27, Paternoster Square.”

1909

Lantern slide catalogue (Glasgow: J. Lizars, 1909), 74

1910

A detailed catalogue of photographic lantern slides, life models &c. (Holmfirth: Bamforth & Co., 1910), 99-100

c.1913

Catalogue of lanterns, slides and accessories (London: J.W. Butcher, c.1913), 236-237

1913

Lantern and slide catalogue 1913-14 (London: Church Army, 1913), 158

“How an artist, M. Sternberg, and a beautiful gipsy girl both found the peace they had sought for in vain before -- led by a picture of Christ. M. Sternberg afterwards painted the celebrated picture of our Lord which changed Zinzindorf from a gay young officer to a great religious leader.”

Other references (2)

23 August 1894

[Stationer's Hall copyright register], COPY 1/417/464-465

1 September 1894

[Stationer's Hall copyright register], COPY 1/417/556-557

Lucerna ID 3001055

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Slide set: The dying Saviour and the gipsy girl (service of song: Bamforth & Co., 29-34 slides, 1894)