Give unto God the flower of thy youth take for thy guide the blessed word of truth Adorn thyself With Grace, Prize Wisdom more Than all the Pearls upon the Indian shore Labour to have a conscience Pure When all things fade that will endure.

Full Text: Give unto God the flower of thy youth take for thy guide the blessed word of truth Adorn thyself With Grace, Prize Wisdom more Than all the Pearls upon the Indian shore Labour to have a conscience Pure When all things fade that will endure.
Listed on Page Number: 300
Sampler Worked By: Sarah E. Pope
Date of Sampler: 1773
Place Sampler Made: n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page: 70
Author/Publication/Country/Date: Lines 1-4: Larkin, George. The Maidens Best Adorning: Or, A Directory for the Female-Sex: Being a Fathers Advice to His Daughter… London: George Larkin, 1687. Print. see also Tell-Truth, Charles. The Entertainer: containing great variety of instructive entertainment, for persons of every age…London, James Henry, 1766. Vol. 1, pg. 179 Lines 5-6: Gerhard, Johann. Gerards Meditations and Prayers. Translated and Revised by Ralph Winterton, 2nd ed. Cambridge, 1631. pg. 193.
Notes: Also stitched by: Flower, Rebeckah, 1785, London Grove, PA, pg. 45. Lines 1-4: https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-entertainer-contain_tell-truth-charles_1766_1/page/179/mode/1up?q=%22pearls+upon+the+indian+shore%22 Originally printed as a broadside by George Larkin in 1687, with a remaining copy in the British Library. It was often reprinted although it loses credit to Larkin over the years often appearing as an anonymous work. A 1948 issue of The Journal of the Friends’ Historical Society suggests the original author was Gershon Boate, son of Physician, Gerard Boate, but without further citation. (v. 40, pg. 35, n. 12). I cite it here as the British Library’s entry does, to George Larkin. Lines 5-6: https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1475-1640_gerards-meditations-and-_gerhard-johann_1631/page/193/mode/1up?q=conscience