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I’ve been to church and love to go, Tis like a little heaven below’ Not for my pleasure or my play, Will I forget the sabbath day.

Full Text
I’ve been to church and love to go, Tis like a little heaven below’ Not for my pleasure or my play, Will I forget the sabbath day.
Listed on Page Number
302
Sampler Worked By
Jane Henderson
Date of Sampler
1795
Place Sampler Made
"Chesterfield School"
Sampler Listed on Page
52
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Watts, Isaac. Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children. London: M. Lawrence, 1716. 2nd Ed., Pg., 38.
Notes
https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_divine-songs-attempted-i_watts-isaac-1674-1748_1716/page/38/mode/1up?q=play The sampler verse is a selection and a variation of the second stanza of Watt’s original song.