The sciopticon manual, explaining lantern projection in general, and the sciopticon apparatus in paricular (1877)

SCIOPTICON MANUAL. And through her cheek the rallied color ran ; And the still outline of her graceful form Stirred in the linen vesture; and she clasped The Saviour's hand, and fixing her dark eyes Full on his beaming countenance, AROSE I CHRIST WEEPING OVER JERUSALEM. . . . How oft, Jerusalem ! would I Have gathered you, as gathereth a hen Her brood beneath her wings, but ye would not! He thought not of the death that he would die— He thought not of the thorns he knew must pierce His forehead—of the buffet on the cheek— The scourge, the mocking homage, the foul scorn ! Gethsemane stood out beneath his eye Clear in the morning sun, and there he knew While they who "could not watch with him one hour " Were sleeping, he should sweat great drops of blood, Praying the " cup might pass." And Golgotha Stood bare and desert by the city wall, And in its midst, to his prophetic eye, Rose the rough cross, and its keen agonies Were numbered all—the nails were in his feet— The insulting sponge was pressing on his lips— The blood and water gushing from his side— The dizzy faintness swimming in his brain— And, while his own disciples fled in fear, A world's death-agonies all mixed in his I Ay—he forgot all this. He only saw Jerusalem—the chosen—the loved—the lost! He only felt that for her sake his life Was vainly given, and, in his pitying love, The sufferings that would clothe the heavens in black Were quite forgotten. Was there ever love, In earth or heaven, equal unto this ? Longer or shorter extracts may be used as occasion requires. The following are titles, of-others, equally