HOW VAIN ARE ALL THINGS HERE BELOW / If you desire to worship God aright, / First in the morning Pray and last at night. / And crave his blessings on your labours all, / And in distress for his assistance call. Elizabeth Hesketh is my name / England is my nation / Hindly is my dwelling Place / And christ is my Salvation. (Note: Elizabeth used both the long and the short style letter S. She ran out of space for the word salvation and squeezed it in tiny letters.)

Maker

Hesketh, Elizabeth (1805-1857) (age 15)

Date made

1820

Origin

Hindly, England

Stitches

Cross,

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

Sampler includes three buildings, a church, and at the bottom a house on the L and another church on the R. One wide octagon cross band. Figures of a man and four women. Many trees, birds, flowers in baskets and on stems, a row of eight pointed stars, and one crown. Across the bottom four military ships, an indication of England's maritime power. Arcaded strawberry border all four sides.

Inscription

HOW VAIN ARE ALL THINGS HERE BELOW / If you desire to worship God aright, / First in the morning Pray and last at night. / And crave his blessings on your labours all, / And in distress for his assistance call. Elizabeth Hesketh is my name / England is my nation / Hindly is my dwelling Place / And christ is my Salvation. (Note: Elizabeth used both the long and the short style letter S. She ran out of space for the word salvation and squeezed it in tiny letters.)

Historical Owner

LDS 86-382-1 Brought across the plains by Grace Leptrot Rigby in 1863.

Owner

Mormon Church History Museum , Salt Lake City, UT