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ceived by Mr. Ritchie during the last few weeks: 
From Bisliop Simpson : “ I am much pleased with both its design and its execution.” 
From Rev. Dr. E. O. Haven, Chancellor of Syracuse University : ‘‘‘Mercy Knocking at the Wicket 
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From Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon, President of Divinity School of Yale College. — “I have rarely 
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quisite engraving of your own most eloquent picture, ‘ Mercy Knocking at the Wicket Gate.’ You may thank God that 
He, by giving you grace to make that picture, has made you a preacher of the Gospel to all who, seeing it, can feel the 
lesson that is in it.” 
From Rev. Dr. Cummings. President of Wesleyan University : ‘‘The engraving, ‘Mercy Knocking at 
tlie Wicket Gate,’ executed by A. 11. Ritchie, is a beautiful work of art. No one can look upon it without being pleased 
and profited.” 
From Rev. Dr. Talmage, Brooklyn : “ The engraving, ‘ Mercy Knocking atthe Door,’is worth fifty sermons. 
How any one can look at it without more tears oil his cheek than seems, according to tlie 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 tha Wicket Gate,’ and like the subject and tlie work." 
From the Western Christian Advocate. Sept. 23 s “It will be found an excellent and suitable picture 
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It is a notable addition to American works.” 
From Zion’s Herald, Sept. 24 : ’’ It is an Impressive and eloquent picture, full of pathos and spiritual signifi¬ 
cance. It makes a perpetual 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 . . . Tlie moral effect 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 
it, and the heart can never lose the power of its impression.” 
From the Brooklyn Daily Argus, Sept. 14 : “It is a beautiful parlor piece.” 
From the N. Y. Daily Times, Sept. 12 : “The beauty and force of Mr. Ritchie’s original picture, and the 
masterly manner in which lie treated this pretty episode from Pilgrim’s Progress, were well described at the time, with, we 
believe, tlie 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 tlie art.” 
From the Sunday-School Times, Philadelphia, Oct. 10 : “Mr. Ritchie’s new engraving is a beautiful 
study, executed with rare skill. It is large in size, and exquisite in tone and finish" . . . Lovers oi art will be glad to see 
this picture multiplied. It will find favor in many homes where a critical taste challenges every new introduction. 
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