Christ Among His Fellowmen
Item
Title
Christ Among His Fellowmen
Creator
Harriet Joor
Date
1906
Object No.
2005.1
Description
A reprint of an article by Harriet Joor that appeared in the December 1905 issue of The Craftsman, Stickley published this as a small book shortly after the magazine came out. The main differences in between the article and the text are the illustrations (the book does not have the paintings by Hoffman and includes an addition one by von Udhe), as well as the stylized floral decoration following the text. According to Stickley's grandson, Ben Wiles, the book must not have sold well as he remembered boxes and boxes of these in the house on Columbus Avenue in Syracuse.
Although he was not responsible for the text, the publication remains one of Stickley's most personal productions. "Every man and woman who has felt the drag and fret of life," he told readers in the introduction, "should know the peace of this vision of what Christ's life really meant to the friends and neighbors among whom he walked his daily round. No human being will ever read it without being better for the comfort it brings." There is, throughout the brief introduction, a sense that Stickley was deeply moved by the humanized, relatable Christ of which Joor wrote and that this compelled him to want to give this article a wider circulation than The Craftsman could provide. It is why he offered it as a book, "sent forth," he said, "into the turmoil of daily life to help and to heal."
Although he was not responsible for the text, the publication remains one of Stickley's most personal productions. "Every man and woman who has felt the drag and fret of life," he told readers in the introduction, "should know the peace of this vision of what Christ's life really meant to the friends and neighbors among whom he walked his daily round. No human being will ever read it without being better for the comfort it brings." There is, throughout the brief introduction, a sense that Stickley was deeply moved by the humanized, relatable Christ of which Joor wrote and that this compelled him to want to give this article a wider circulation than The Craftsman could provide. It is why he offered it as a book, "sent forth," he said, "into the turmoil of daily life to help and to heal."