(note: each word is stitched in a different color thread.) Why should I love my sport so / well, And lose the thoughts of Heaven / and hell / And then forget to pray, / What do I read my bible for / But Lord to learn thy will and / shall I daily know thee more / And less obey thee still / How senseless is my heart and / wild how vain are all my though / ts Pity the weakness of a child / And pardon all my faults / Make me thy heavenly voice to / hear And let me love to pray / since God will lend a gracious ear / To what a child can say. Dorothy Waring workd this Sam / pler in the Sixth year of her age / December the ninth 1774 //

Maker

Waring, Dorothy (age 6) (1768-1786)

Date made

1774

Origin

Charleston, SC

Stitches

Marking / Marking on reverse

In Bolton & Co.

Yes Page 84

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

One long verse. No motifs or border.

Inscription

(note: each word is stitched in a different color thread.) Why should I love my sport so / well, And lose the thoughts of Heaven / and hell / And then forget to pray, / What do I read my bible for / But Lord to learn thy will and / shall I daily know thee more / And less obey thee still / How senseless is my heart and / wild how vain are all my though / ts Pity the weakness of a child / And pardon all my faults / Make me thy heavenly voice to / hear And let me love to pray / since God will lend a gracious ear / To what a child can say. Dorothy Waring workd this Sam / pler in the Sixth year of her age / December the ninth 1774 //

Length Without Frame

8 1/2"

Width Without Frame

11"

Original Frame

Unframed

Historical Owner

#2001.040.001 Donated by Frances Waring Greer

Bolton & Co. Page

84

Owner

The Charleston Museum, Charleston, SC