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Thus fair tis well you Read you Pray You Hear God holy word You hearken what your Parent say and learn to Serve the Lord.

Full Text
Thus fair tis well you Read you Pray You Hear God holy word You hearken what your Parent say and learn to Serve the Lord.
Listed on Page Number
303
Sampler Worked By
Lycia Caldwell
Date of Sampler
1796
Place Sampler Made
n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page
36
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Watts, Isaac. A Hopeful Youth Falling Short of Heaven. London: John Clark, E.M. Matthews and Richard Ford, 1723. Pg. 69.
Notes
https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_a-hopeful-youth-falling-_watts-isaac_1723/page/68/mode/2up?q=parents The first line of Watts’ hymn reads, “Thus far ’tis well: You read, you pray,” our verse varies this.