The God of Heaven is pleased to see A little Family agree And will not slight the praise they bring When loving children join to sing. For love and kindness please him more Than if we give him all our store And children here who dwell in love Are like his happy one above

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The God of Heaven is pleased to see A little Family agree And will not slight the praise they bring When loving children join to sing. For love and kindness please him more Than if we give him all our store And children here who dwell in love Are like his happy one above
Listed on Page Number
262
Sampler Worked By
Maria Daggett
Date of Sampler
1819
Place Sampler Made
Providence, RI
Sampler Listed on Page
146
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Notes
Notes: The poem is included as part of a lesson about Isaac and Ismael from Genesis xxi. 9-21. The Children of the Bible. The Religious Tract Society. London, 1852), pgs.8-10. https://original-ufdc.uflib.ufl.edu/UF00002251/00001/3x Last 2 verses* The gentle child who tries to please, That hates to quarrel, fret, and tease, And would not say an angry word, That child is pleasing to the Lord Oh God, forgive whenever we Forget thy will and disagree: And grant that each of us may find That sweet delight of being kind