Art, Symbol & Imagination
O Sweet and Blessed Country
Brightly coloured wings form a tall arch around a white dove and lines of devotional verse. Small haloed faces look inward from both sides. The hymn imagines the blessed country of Zion, joining the page to Springer’s account of heaven.
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Illustrator not identified. "O Sweet and Blessed Country" [editorial title]. In Intra Muros, Rebecca Ruter Springer. Elgin, Illinois: David C. Cook Publishing Co.; undated title, copyright 1898., undated edition, David C. Cook Publishing Co.. Source scan leaf 133. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0390-0129
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Illustrator not identified. O Sweet and Blessed Country. Intra Muros. Scan leaf 133. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0390-0129