ON YOUTH Trust in God. ( On L): / Let reason go before every enterprize (On R) / and counsel before every action. / On Youth (In lower center) / Grant me o God a heart to thee inclined / Increase my faith and rectify my mind. / Teach me betimes to tread my sacred ways / And to They service consecrate my days. / Still as thro life's uncertain maze I stray / Be thou the guiding star to mark my way / Conduct the steps of my misguided youth / And point their motion to the path of truth / Protect me by thy providential care / And warn my soul to shun the tempter's snare. / To gain Thy favour be my only end / And to that scope be every action tend / Lucy Wellings's Work in the Year 1801 //

Maker

Welling, Lucy

Date made

1801

Origin

MA (?) US

Stitches

Cross, Stem

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

Adam & Eve stand beneath The Tree of Knowledge. Angels, small animals, crosses, and bird motifs. Urns of flowers on each side at the bottom. Arcaded vine border with small flowers all four sides.

Inscription

ON YOUTH Trust in God. ( On L): / Let reason go before every enterprize (On R) / and counsel before every action. / On Youth (In lower center) / Grant me o God a heart to thee inclined / Increase my faith and rectify my mind. / Teach me betimes to tread my sacred ways / And to They service consecrate my days. / Still as thro life's uncertain maze I stray / Be thou the guiding star to mark my way / Conduct the steps of my misguided youth / And point their motion to the path of truth / Protect me by thy providential care / And warn my soul to shun the tempter's snare. / To gain Thy favour be my only end / And to that scope be every action tend / Lucy Wellings's Work in the Year 1801 //

Length Without Frame

13 3/4"

Length With Frame

16"

Width Without Frame

14 1/2"

Wdith With Frame

16 3/4"

Owner

Mary E. Baker

Owner Private

Mrs. William R. Baker