"Little Prayers for Little Lips" Antique Children’s Prayer Book This is a sweet children’s prayer book titled, "Little Prayers for Little Lips". This hardcover book features a picture of Jesus with his sheep on the front. The authors name is signed, "Elisabeth Robinson Scovil" and the publisher is "Henry Altemus Company". This book has a copyright of 1921 and printed in the U.S.A. There are 13 beautiful illustrations. They are all bright in color, nicely detailed, and not faded at all. There are 62 pages to this book. There are 4 different sections to this book – Prayers for Little Children, Prayers for Older Children, Grace before Meals, and Hymns. There’s Morning Prayers, Evening Prayers, Our Lord’s Prayer, A Birthday Prayer, A Christmas Prayer, A Prayer for Forgiveness, and many more. There are no tears or creases in this book. Overall, this piece is in excellent original condition with very minor age-appropriate wear.
Circa: 1921
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Height – 5 ½" Width – 4 ¼"
Manufacturer: Henry Altemus Company  

“Bible Stories for Little Children” Sm. Religious Antique Book w/ Illustrations / Cardinal McCloskey / Benziger Brothers This is a lovely antique children’s book titled, "Bible Stories for Little Children". With almost every flip of the page there are beautiful, inspirational illustrations to go along with the words. This is a small sized, hard cover book. The binding is tight and the pages are all strong and intact. There are 106 pages in all. The bishops stamp, Imprimatur, expresses approval of the contents of this book by John Cardinal McCloskey, Archbishop of New York. The publisher of this book is Benziger Brothers, Inc., and the copyright is 1894. This children’s book features history and stories from the Old and New Testament, as well as The Feasts and Fasts of the Year. Overall, this book is in excellent original condition with just a slight bit of age-appropriate shelf wear to the cover and on the inside, the corner edges of the pages have a very, very slight wave to them, but could easily be flattened. On page 13/14, there is a small tear at the top. The only handwriting in this book is a person’s name, written in ink, on the first blank page at the very bottom. All of the pages are clean, with no signs of foxing, stains, creases, or scribbling. Circa 1894.
Circa: 1894
Condition: Excellent Orignal Condition
Size: Height - 6 ¼” Width of Book Closed - 4 ½”
Manufacturer: Benziger Brothers, Inc.  

“Don’t Worry” Nuggets c1899 Inspirational Antique Victorian Poem Book / Poets: Epictetus, Emerson, George Eliot, Browning This is a wonderful little antique Victorian poem book, copyright 1899. The four poets in this book are: Epictetus, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Eliot, Robert Browning. The poems were gathered and compiled by author, Jeanne G. Pennington. The publisher is Fords, Howard, & Hulbert; New York. The entire book is in excellent original condition with very little yellowing to the inside pages, most notably the first and last page where there is no text. There are no creases, tears, rips, pen marks, scribbling, or smudges. The binding is tight and there are no missing pages. The outside of the book is a dark green, hard cover fabric with gold lettering. The corners of the outside cover have very minor age-appropriate wear. There are 118 pages total. Circa 1899.
Circa: 1899
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Book Measures: Height - 5 ½” Width - 3 ½”
 

“Heaven Is My Home” Bookmark, Lg. in Size, Religious & Floral Antique Punch Paper Motto w/ Original Silk Ribbon This is an exceptional antique punch paper bookmark with the seldom seen motto, "Heaven Is My Home". This is all hand-done. The motto is ‘framed’ by beautiful stitchery, interestingly enough, in the shape of a bookmark. Above that, is a lovely and colorful creation of floral work. The elaborate, decorative design represents a variety of flowers. There must be over two dozen different colors of thread used to make this bookmark! The way the colors of thread blend perfectly into each other is very attractive. All of the threads remain bright and brilliant in color. The threading is tight and secure, front and back. There is no thread loss or signs of wear to the threading. The punch paper is in excellent original condition as well. There are No creases to the paper, No perforations to the holes, and No stains or tears anywhere! This unusually large, antique punch paper bookmark retains its original fancy, bright red silk ribbon. The ribbon has been beautifully stitched and remains tightly secured to the edge of the punch paper with matching red thread, although mostly concealed. The edges of the ribbon both have nice, finely-done, decorative fringe-work. The fringe has not frayed or come unwound any more than it was meant to. The ribbon remains bright and bold in color with no stains, holes, tears, and no snagging to the front and back of the silk fabric. There are just a couple Extremely Minor creases to the edge of the ribbon that could easily be flattened out. Interestingly, I was told that this antique punch paper bookmark was found in an antique Bible. Apparently, the Bible has kept it safe and beautifully preserved for many years in between its pages. This lovely bookmark must have been left and forgotten about for so long, explaining its clean, bright, and excellent original condition. Unfortunately, I do not have the Bible that it was found in. That would have been nice though. Overall, this very special, antique punch paper bookmark is in excellent original condition. Circa 1920’s.

*** I’ve included, below, a hymn by poet, Thomas R. Taylor, about the well-known motto, ‘HEAVEN IS MY HOME’: (this is also a song)

Title: "I’m But a Stranger Here":

"I’m but a stranger here,
Heaven is my home;
Earth is a desert drear,
Heaven is my home;
Danger and sorrow stand
Round me on every hand;
Heaven is my fatherland,
Heaven is my home.

What though the tempest rage,
Heaven is my home;
Short is my pilgrimage,
Heaven is my home;
And time’s wintry blast
Soon shall be over past;
I shall reach home at last,
Heaven is my home.

There at my Savior's side
Heaven is my home;
I shall be glorified,
Heaven is my home;
There are the good and blest,
Those I love most and best;
And there I, too, shall rest,
Heaven is my home.

Therefore I murmur not,
Heaven is my home;
Whatever my earthly lot,
Heaven is my home;
And I shall surely stand
There at my Lord’s right hand.
Heaven is my fatherland,
Heaven is my home."

Hymn # 515 / #660
Lutheran Worship / The Lutheran Hymnal
Words/Poem By: Thomas R. Taylor 1836 alt. (1807-1835)
Author/Composer: Arthur S. Sullivan, 1872
Tune: "Heaven Is My Home"
1st Published in: 1836

- This hymn is cited from: Lutheran-Hymnal.com
Circa: 1920's
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Ribbon Measurements: Height - 3 ¼” Width - 16 ½” / Punch Paper Measurements: Height - 2 ¾” Width - 8”