IT is the LORD / Let him do what seemeth him good / IT is the Lord_ enhroned in light, Whose claims are all divine / Who has an undisputed right / To govern me and mine. / IT is the LORD_ who can sustain / Beneath the heaviest Load / From whom assistance I obtain / To tread the thorny road / Can I, with hope so firmly built, / Be sullen or repine; / No gracious God take what thou wilt, / To thee I all resign. / / (At the bottom): Sarah Maria Preston's Work Aged 13 years AD 1837

Maker

Preston, Sarah Maria (age 13)

Date made

1837

Origin

NJ (?) US

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

A beautiful border of roses encloses this sampler. In the lower portion a house on the L and a church on the R with 2 deer, one standing and another reclining in the center beneath two trees. Two flying birds and two birds perched on branches.

Inscription

IT is the LORD / Let him do what seemeth him good / IT is the Lord_ enhroned in light, Whose claims are all divine / Who has an undisputed right / To govern me and mine. / IT is the LORD_ who can sustain / Beneath the heaviest Load / From whom assistance I obtain / To tread the thorny road / Can I, with hope so firmly built, / Be sullen or repine; / No gracious God take what thou wilt, / To thee I all resign. / / (At the bottom): Sarah Maria Preston's Work Aged 13 years AD 1837

Length Without Frame

21"

Width Without Frame

22 1/2"

Owner

The Bridges

Owner Private

Sally Bridges