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AMERICAN AQRICULTURIST. 
87 
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For 1874—1875. 
lEl 1141111 
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For 1875. 
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mechanical work upon it will not be diminished in the least. We will also send the paper to new subscribers fi-om the date 
of receiving their names to January 1, 1876, for the price of a single year's subscription. In other words, new subsciibers 
for 1875, the volume which opens with January next, loill receivt the paper for the rematncler of the present year free 
of charge. 
The Publishers have also arranged to favor every subscriber to The Christian Advocate for 1875 witli tlie most meritori- 
ous and valuable free Premium ever offered by any religious weekly to all its subscribers. For this purpose they have 
purchased of that eminent artist, Mr. A. H. liitchie, his new, origmal, and magnificent steel engraving, " MEIiCT KNOCK- 
ING AT THE WICKET GATE," (single copies of which sell at $5 each,) and mil send a copy free of charge to evern 
subscriber, old and new. 
Concerning the real merit of this splendid engraving, and as illustrations of the great favor which it is receiving from 
the best judges, we quote the following brief paragraphs from highly appreciative notices (many of them lengthly) re- 
ceived by Mr. llitchie dui-ing the last few weeks : 
From Bishop Simpsou ! " I am much pleased with both its design and its execution." 
From Kev. Dr. E. O. Haven, Cbancellor of Syracuse UniTersity : '"Mercy Knocking at the Wicket 
Gate ' is not only superior as a work ot art, and a great credit to its author on that arcount; but it is of such a character as 
to make a pleasing impression on the mind, and to be worthy of a permanent place where it will be often seen. It partakes 
largely of that which makes a thing ' a joy forever.' I congratulate the artist on his success." 
From Iter. Dr. lieonarU Bacon, President of Divinity School of Yale Colleee.— " I have rarely 
found my suseeptibilitics so touched by any similar work of art as thev have been to-day (Sept. 11, ls;4,) by your most ex- 
quisite engraving of your own most eloquent picture, 'Mercy Knocking at the Wicket Gate.' Ton may thank God that 
He, by giving you grace to make that picture, has made you a preacher of the Gospel to all who, seeiiig it, can feel the 
lesson that is in it." 
From Rev. Dr. Cnmmings, President of Wesleyan University : "The engraving, 'Mercy Knocking at 
the Wicket Gate,' executed by A. U. Eitcliie, is a beautiful work of art. No one can look upon it "without being pleased 
and profited." 
From Rev, Dr. Talmagre, Brooklyn : " The engraving, ' Mercy Knocking at the Door,' is worth fifty sermons. 
How any one can look at it without more tears on his cheek than seems, according to the picture, to have fallen on Mercy's 
cheek, 1 know not. Thanks, thanks." 
From Rev, Dr. Fowler, President of the North-western University : " Have seen your new engrav- 
ing, ' Mercy Knocking at the Wicket Gate,' and like the vuhject and the icork.'^ 
From the Western Christian Advocate. Sept. 23 : "It will be found an excellent and suitable picture 
with wiiicli to decorate many houses, and to collectors or all who'appreciate the progress of native skill it will be valuable. 
It is a notable addition to American works." 
From Ziou's Herald, Sept. 24 : '• It is an impressive and eloquent picture, full of pathos and spiritual signifi- 
cance. It makes a perpetuiil sermon upon the wall." 
From the Baptist Weekly, Sept. 24 : "It Is engraved in the highest style, and makes one of the finest pic- 
tures we have ever seen . . . The moral efl'ect of such a picture in our homes can hardly be estimated. It is a study so 
fruitful of religious thought, and so tender in its practical suggestions, that the eye can hardly grow weary in gazing upon 
ir, and the heart can never lose the power of its impression." 
From the Brooklyn Daily Arsus, Sept. 14 : " It is a beantiful parlor piece." 
From the N. Y. Daily Times, Sept. 12: " The beauty and force of Mr. Ritchie's original picture, and the 
maslerly manner in whicli he trealr-.l this luetlv episode from Pilgrim's Progress, were well described at the time, Willi, we 
hflieve. the unanimous accord of the critics. We have only to say that the engraving on steel does full justice to the 
original, and that it has been completed in the best style of the art." 
From the Sunday-School Times, Philadelphia, Oct. 10 : "»Ir. Ritchie's new engravintr is a beautiful 
studv, executed with rare skill. It is large in size, and exquisite in tone and finish . . . Lovers of art will be gind to see 
this iilcture multiplied. It will find favor in many homes where a critical taste challenges every new introiluction. 
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