Slide set: Wee Davie (service of song: Bamforth & Co., 42 slides, 1899)

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Slide 1**

Intro. with Title

Slide 2**

Could venture from one chair to another. Wee Davie could now walk

Slide 3

He wielded the hammer and made it ring the music of hard work

Slide 4

Meeting a few companions, 'just in a friendly way' at the public-house

Slide 5**

His father lifting him up made him stand on his knee

Slide 6**

'It's done!' he said, as he put his child down

Slide 7**

Looking up, he said, 'Thank God I am a free man'

Slide 8**

'I havena been what ye ma ca' a drunkard' he said, 'but'

Slide 9**

'Wee Davie' was also a promoter of social intercourse

Slide 10**

The old man took him on his knee

Slide 11**

Opposite to William Thorburn's door, lived an old soldier, a pensioner

Slide 12**

Wee Davie won over the old soldier also who took him on his knee

Slide 13**

At the smith's fireside he told such stories of his battles as fired the smith's enthusiasm

Slide 14**

She went upstairs to visit Mrs Ferguson

Slide 15**

Absorbed in the rays of the bright light, 'Wee Davie'

Slide 16**

His mother nursed him on her knee, and they were very anxious about him

Slide 17**

What lessons of self-sacrificing love was she taught by her little sufferer?

Slide 18**

The physician pronounced it 'a bad case, very serious case'

Slide 19

He put on his coat and stalked out of the smithy

Slide 20**

The minister was standing beside the cot of Wee Davie

Slide 21**

He heard with patience and attention all that Jeanie said

Slide 22**

William and Jeanie listened attentively to the minister

Slide 23**

As I see Him taking up little children into His loving arms

Slide 24**

The love He expressed in the giving up His life for sinners

Slide 25**

No man ever loved as Jesus Christ did

Slide 26**

Pointing to the child, he said, 'God never leaves himself without a witness'

Slide 27**

He poured forth a simple, loving, and sympathising prayer

Slide 28**

'I am glad that man came to our house, Janie,' he said

Slide 29**

'Do you know how they are?' asked the old soldier in a low voice

Slide 30**

They found Jeanie busy about her home, and William sitting on a chair

Slide 31**

He took the cloth off the boy's face in silence

Slide 32**

The old man opened the Bible and began to read

Slide 33**

His very silence was eloquent affection

Slide 34**

'Depend upon it, every true prayer is heard and answered by Him,' he replied

Slide 35**

They sat together in deep silence

Slide 36**

The smith did what he never did before. He opened the Bible and read aloud

Slide 37**

She arranged with care the white garments in which her boy was dressed

Slide 38**

As they gazed in silence, side by side, the smith felt his hand gently seized

Slide 39**

For the first time in his life he asked his wife to kneel down and join with him in prayer

Slide 40**

All assembled knelt while the minister offered prayer

Slide 41**

A flood of light steeped in glory a neighbouring range of hills

Slide 42**

William gently seized the spade, and went carefully over the green turf again

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1

Intro. with Title

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image content: Text – slide set title

2

Could venture from one chair to another. Wee Davie could now walk

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

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3

He wielded the hammer and made it ring the music of hard work

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Interior location

image content: Human figure – blacksmith | Building or structure (exterior) – forge / smithy

4

Meeting a few companions, 'just in a friendly way' at the public-house

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image content: Building or structure (exterior) – public house / bar (exterior)

5

His father lifting him up made him stand on his knee

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6

'It's done!' he said, as he put his child down

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

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7

Looking up, he said, 'Thank God I am a free man'

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8

'I havena been what ye ma ca' a drunkard' he said, 'but'

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image content: Human figure – drunkard

9

'Wee Davie' was also a promoter of social intercourse

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10

The old man took him on his knee

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

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11

Opposite to William Thorburn's door, lived an old soldier, a pensioner

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

12

Wee Davie won over the old soldier also who took him on his knee

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

13

At the smith's fireside he told such stories of his battles as fired the smith's enthusiasm

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

14

She went upstairs to visit Mrs Ferguson

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

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Photography

Studio set

15

Absorbed in the rays of the bright light, 'Wee Davie'

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

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Studio set

16

His mother nursed him on her knee, and they were very anxious about him

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

17

What lessons of self-sacrificing love was she taught by her little sufferer?

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

18

The physician pronounced it 'a bad case, very serious case'

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

19

He put on his coat and stalked out of the smithy

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Interior location

image content: Human figure – blacksmith | Building or structure (exterior) – forge / smithy

20

The minister was standing beside the cot of Wee Davie

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

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Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911)

21

He heard with patience and attention all that Jeanie said

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

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Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911)

22

William and Jeanie listened attentively to the minister

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

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Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911)

23

As I see Him taking up little children into His loving arms

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

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N/A

image content: CHRIST, Jesus (fl. C1st)

24

The love He expressed in the giving up His life for sinners

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

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image content: CHRIST, Jesus (fl. C1st) | Event – crucifixion

25

No man ever loved as Jesus Christ did

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

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image content: CHRIST, Jesus (fl. C1st)

26

Pointing to the child, he said, 'God never leaves himself without a witness'

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

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Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911)

27

He poured forth a simple, loving, and sympathising prayer

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

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Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911)

28

'I am glad that man came to our house, Janie,' he said

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

29

'Do you know how they are?' asked the old soldier in a low voice

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

30

They found Jeanie busy about her home, and William sitting on a chair

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

31

He took the cloth off the boy's face in silence

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

32

The old man opened the Bible and began to read

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

33

His very silence was eloquent affection

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911)

34

'Depend upon it, every true prayer is heard and answered by Him,' he replied

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911)

35

They sat together in deep silence

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911)

36

The smith did what he never did before. He opened the Bible and read aloud

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

37

She arranged with care the white garments in which her boy was dressed

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

38

As they gazed in silence, side by side, the smith felt his hand gently seized

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

39

For the first time in his life he asked his wife to kneel down and join with him in prayer

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

40

All assembled knelt while the minister offered prayer

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911)

41

A flood of light steeped in glory a neighbouring range of hills

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3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

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Exterior location

location: Holmfirth Cemetery, Holmfirth, Yorkshire (West Riding), England

42

William gently seized the spade, and went carefully over the green turf again

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

location: Holmfirth Cemetery, Holmfirth, Yorkshire (West Riding), England

Lucerna ID 3001480

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 4 January 2022

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